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The dark clouds over open water have long been used by polar explorers and scientists to navigate in sea ice. For example, Arctic explorer Fridtjof Nansen and his assistant Hjalmar Johansen used the phenomenon to find lanes of water in their failed expedition to the North Pole , as did Louis Bernacchi and Douglas Mawson in Antarctica.
The low-altitude stratus clouds that make up the June Gloom cloud layer form over the nearby ocean, and are transported over the coastal areas by the region's prevailing westerly winds. [1] The sheet-like stratus clouds are almost uniformly horizontal, covering large areas but having relatively shallow depth of 500 to 2,000 metres (1,600 to ...
Mesospheric noctilucent clouds over Estonia. Noctilucent clouds are thin clouds that come in a variety of forms based from about 80 to 85 kilometres (262,000–279,000 ft) and occasionally seen in deep twilight after sunset and before sunrise. [6] [7] Type 1 Veils, very tenuous stratiform; resembles cirrostratus or poorly defined cirrus. Type 2
Clouds over the Atlantic Ocean at sunrise in Lido Beach, New York, September 23, 2022. ... To be more specific, the rapid surge in warming was supercharged by a dearth of low-lying clouds over the ...
The dark layer of clouds on the horizon seen prior to a tropical cyclone's passage over a location was first described in 1687 and the observed phenomenon later published in 1697 by William Dampier while observing a typhoon in the South China Sea during a circumnavigation by pirate ship. These observations led to an improved understanding of ...
One of the main causes of the Morning Glory cloud is the mesoscale circulation associated with sea breezes that develop over the Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf of Carpentaria. Such coastal roll clouds have been seen in many places, including California , the English Channel , Shetland Islands , the North Sea coast, coastal regions of ...
Dark clouds were spotted near the Florida Keys on September 26, ahead of the anticipated arrival of Hurricane Ian, which was tracking near western Cuba on Monday night.The National Hurricane ...
Anticrepuscular rays toward the eastern horizon, as seen from Colorado at dusk These anticrepuscular rays appear to converge at the antisolar point, as seen from an aircraft above the clouded ocean. Panoramic image showing both crepuscular and antisolar rays