Satellite Image Shows Icebergs Creating Waves In Clouds
- 8 years ago
In an image gathered via instruments onboard NASA's Terra satellite, two icebergs can be seen creating a "cloud wake" in the atmosphere.
Two icebergs that broke free of Antarctica and floated out to the Southern Ocean can be seen creating waves in the clouds.
According to a NASA's Earth Observatory post, "'Wave clouds' occur when a higher-level air mass is forced to move up and over a large obstacle. The air mass that forms wave clouds does not have to be at the same level as the icebergs. It simply must encounter a disturbance large enough to force the air up, instead of around."
Kelly Brunt, a glaciologist with NASA, said, “You see these features over the big icebergs
Two icebergs that broke free of Antarctica and floated out to the Southern Ocean can be seen creating waves in the clouds.
According to a NASA's Earth Observatory post, "'Wave clouds' occur when a higher-level air mass is forced to move up and over a large obstacle. The air mass that forms wave clouds does not have to be at the same level as the icebergs. It simply must encounter a disturbance large enough to force the air up, instead of around."
Kelly Brunt, a glaciologist with NASA, said, “You see these features over the big icebergs