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Fog is the only source of moisture for desert dwelling animals and plants living in the Namib Desert sand dune...
Stratus clouds are common in the Arctic during the summer months, and are important modulators of the arctic climate...
STS039-81-00BC (28 April-6 May 1991) --- A variety of stratus clouds is represented in this picture. The clouds are...
STS039-151-181A (28 April-6 May 1991) --- Large format (five-inch) frame of the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Area of...
ISS007-E-13327 (24 August 2003) --- This view featuring Java’s Merapi volcano was photographed by one of the...
STS040-75-003 (5-14 June 1991) --- This image shows several of the Canary Islands, located in the North Atlantic...
NOAA's GOES-15 satellite captured the southern California "June Gloom" on June 10, 2013. That's a weather...
ISS017-E-012583 (4 Aug. 2008) --- Cape Farewell, Greenland is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition...
This is the first color image ever taken from the surface of Mars of an overcast sky. Featured are pink stratus...
ISS015-E-26171 (1 Sept. 2007) --- Simushir Island, Kuril Archipelago, Russian Far East, is featured in this image...
ISS038-E-036501 (28 Jan. 2014) --- This wide field-of-view image photographed by an Expedition 38 crew member on the...
ISS020-E-009048 (12 June 2009) --- Sarychev Peak Volcano eruption, Kuril Islands, is featured in this image...
STS061-101-023 (8 Dec 1993) --- This color photograph is a spectacular, panoramic (southeastern view) shot that...