Under The Influence

  • Released Tuesday, October 2, 2012
  • Updated Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 12:35PM
  • ID: 11083

The atmosphere hanging over Australia makes for some wicked clouds and climate.

The atmosphere hanging over Australia makes for some wicked clouds and climate.

Look for rising cumulus clouds that appear to bubble up over land each day.

Strange physics created these overlapping arcs called wave clouds seen by NASA's Terra satellite off Australia's northwest coast.

Strange physics created these overlapping arcs called wave clouds seen by NASA's Terra satellite off Australia's northwest coast.

Dimpled marine stratocumulus clouds hook around Australia's island state of Tasmania in this image captured by NASA's Aqua satellite.

Dimpled marine stratocumulus clouds hook around Australia's island state of Tasmania in this image captured by NASA's Aqua satellite.

This bank of clouds imaged by NASA's Terra satellite extended hundreds of miles, covering areas of Western Australia and parts of the south.

This bank of clouds imaged by NASA's Terra satellite extended hundreds of miles, covering areas of Western Australia and parts of the south.

NASA's Aqua satellite looked down over an anticyclone off the coast of South Australia and found this patch of clear sky encircled by clouds.

NASA's Aqua satellite looked down over an anticyclone off the coast of South Australia and found this patch of clear sky encircled by clouds.



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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center



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