An Eye-Catching Circle of Cloud

Image of the day for May 29, 2018

Instrument:
Terra — MODIS

While clouds are an important topic of research for climatologists and meteorologists, sometimes the atmosphere churns up peculiar-looking cloud formations that are as notable for aesthetic reasons as they are for scientific ones.

That was the case in May when this circular swirl of clouds drifted over Lake Balkhash in eastern Kazakhstan.

 

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Imagen tomada de:
NASA Earth Observatory (May 29, 2018) An Eye-Catching Circle of Cloud

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id…