POTD: Glory and Von Karman Vortices over the Pacific Ocean
Credit: NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the MODIS Rapid Response team.
Glory Over Pacific Ocean Clouds
On May 20, 2008, a deck of clouds over the Pacific Ocean provided an optical display for the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite. The ring-shaped, rainbow-like phenomenon, known as a glory, appears through the length of the center of this image. More...