Thursday, March 22, 2012
Image of the Day: Like Ghostly Vapors Across the Pacific
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As cargo ships steam across the ocean, the tiny aerosol particles in their exhaust act as seeds around which moisture in the atmosphere can condense. Occasionally this results in ship tracks becoming visible in cloud imagery, some of which are 1,000 miles long.
Credit: NOAA
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