Earth's clouds simulation, GEOS-5. This still image, part of an animation, is centred over the Malay Archipelago. It was produced using NASA's Goddard

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Earth's clouds simulation, GEOS-5. This still image, part of an animation, is centred over the Malay Archipelago. It was produced using NASA's Goddard Earth Observing System-5 (GEOS-5) atmospheric simulation. The global atmospheric simulation ran at km per grid cell and covered a single day: 2 January 2009. The results are shown on a spherical projection of the Earth's surface and are used in weather forecasting. The Earth's surface in this visualisation is constructed from 'Blue Marble: Next Generation' data from the moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensors on the Terra and Aqua satellites.

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Size: 5259px × 3397px
Photo credit: © NASA Earth Observatory/GSFC Scientific Visualization Studio/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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