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Photo ID: h0wm0y	Subject: Weather	Description
	Atmosphere; Clouds; Droplets; Geosphere; Hydrosphere; Meteorology; Moisture; Wind Shear; Winds	Lenticular cloud over hills.
	Photographer	Location
	Bruce Molnia Credit Line: Copyright © Bruce Molnia, Terra Photographics
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Photo ID: h0x1po	Subject: Sedimentary Rocks	Description
	Bedding Plane Irregularities; Dehydration; Denudation; Dessication; Dry; Ecology; Evaporation; Moisture; Mud Cracks; Mudcracks; Sedimentary Structures; Shrinkage Cracks	Dessication cracks in mud.
	Photographer	Location
	Bruce Molnia Credit Line: Copyright © Bruce Molnia, Terra Photographics	North America; United States; Utah
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Photo ID: h0x3lt	Subject: Weather	Description
	Air; Atmosphere; Clouds; Droplets; Hydrology; Hydrosphere; Meteorology; Moisture	Stratocumulus clouds over Idaho.
	Photographer	Location
	Bruce Molnia Credit Line: Copyright © Bruce Molnia, Terra Photographics	North America; United States; Idaho
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Photo ID: h0x3qz	Subject: Weather	Description
	Atmosphere; Clouds; Droplets; Fog; Hydrology; Hydrosphere; Meteorology; Moisture; Precipitation; Water	Pismo Beach fog.
	Photographer	Location
	Bruce Molnia Credit Line: Copyright © Bruce Molnia, Terra Photographics	North America; United States; California; Pismo Beach
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Photo ID: h4vmc6	Subject: Satellite Imagery	Description
	Advection; Air; Atmosphere; Atmospheric Processes; Cloud Formations; Clouds; Droplets; Low Pressure Systems; Meteorology; Moisture; Open Cells; Weather	Satellite image of an open-cell cloud formation over the Bahamas. Image taken in February of 2002. This particular formation is the result of a low-pressure system sitting out in the North Atlantic Ocean a few hundred miles east of Massachusetts. Image courtesy Jacques Decloitres.
	Photographer	Location
	MODIS Credit Line: Courtesy MODIS, NASA	North America; United States; Bahamas
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Photo ID: h4vmgj	Subject: Satellite Imagery	Description
	Air Mass Boundary; Anvil Cloud; Atmosphere; Clouds; Droplets; Meteorology; Moisture; Photogeology; Precipitation; Remote Sensing; Troposphere	Satellite image showing a sharp air mass boundary taken in June of 2002. This is often a situation where severe thunderstorms can develop. The sunlit anvil tops here are estimated to be over 60,000 feet in altitude.
	Photographer	Location
	JSC Credit Line: Copyright © NASA Johnson Space Center	Asia; China
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Photo ID: h4vqy2	Subject: Satellite Imagery	Description
	Atmosphere; Clouds; Hydrosphere; Ice; Lake Effect Snow; Meteorology; Precipitation; Water; Weather	The lake effect is particularly clear in this image of the North American Great Lakes region. Lakes Nipigon, Superior, and Michigan show striking contrasts between clear and cloudy air as the wind blows from th enorthwest across the lakes. The cold dry air gathers heat and moisture as it flows across the reelatively warm lakes. This moist warm air rises intot he atmosphere and mixes with cold dry air above. The layer of warm moist air deepens as it travels across the lake. Much of the moisture condenses to form a stratocumulus cloud in the upper half of the mixed layer. Cloud-forming water droplets may freeze into ice crystals and, due to accumulated water deposition over time, grow into snowflakes. Lake effet snow can generate significant amounts of snowfall downwind.
	Photographer	Location
	SeaWifs Credit Line: Copyright © NASA SeaWiFS Project	North America; United States; Great Lakes
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Photo ID: h4vsf3	Subject: Satellite Imagery	Description
	Atmosphere; Clouds; Hydrologic Cycle; Hydrosphere; Meteorology; Moisture; Rain; Storms; Thunderstorms; Weather	This photograph from 1984, shows a series of mature thunderstorms near the Parana River in southern Brazil. Large thunderstorms are commonplace in this region with warm temperatures and moisture-laden air. A number of overshooting tops and anvil clouds are visible at the tops of the clouds.
	Photographer	Location
	NASAVE Credit Line: Courtesy NASA, Visible Earth	South America; Brazil; Parana; Parana River
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Photo ID: h4vszj	Subject: Satellite Imagery	Description
	Air; Atmosphere; Clouds; Convection; Hydrologic Cycle; Meteorology; Moisture; Weather	Interesting cloud formation in the boundary waters between Antarctica's Ross Sea and the Southern Ocean. The 'eye' of this dragon-looking cloud is likely a small spot of convection, the process by which hot moist air rises up into the atmosphere, often producing big, fluffy clouds as moisture in the air condenses and rises into the colder parts of the atmosphere.
	Photographer	Location
	MODIS Credit Line: Courtesy MODIS, NASA	Antarctica; Ross Sea
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Photo ID: h9hjt4	Subject: Lakes/Ponds	Description
	Condensation; Fog; Geomorphology; Hydrology; Hydrosphere; Lacustrine Features; Meteorology; Moisture; Precipitation; Steam; Surface Water; Water; Water Resources	Early morning fog on a lake.
	Photographer	Location
	NOAA Credit Line: Courtesy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	NA
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