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Mountains Soar Above the Appalachians in this Dramatic NASA Photo
Giant storm clouds swirl over North Carolina (Credit: NASA / Stu Broce)
Except these are mountains made of water, not rock! Taken from an altitude of 65,000 feet, the image above shows enormous storm cells swirling high over the mountains of western North Carolina on May 23, 2014. It was captured from one of NASA’s high-altitide ER-2 aircraft during a field research flight as part of the Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment (IPHEx) campaign.
The photo was NASA’s Image of the Day for June 19, 2014.
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© Jason Major for Universe Today, 2014. |
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