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A Cloud and Ice Factory

The Sea of Okhotsk is a winter ice factory and a year-round cloud factory.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen, using VIIRS data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Story by Mike Carlowicz.

Published January 3, 2018
Data acquired November 25, 2017

Source:
Suomi NPP > VIIRS