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STS-41G earth observations
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41G-39-044 (5-13 Oct 1984) --- "Flatirons", cumulonimbus clouds that have flattened out at a high altitude, the result of rapidly rising moist air. At a given altitude, depending on the temperature, wind, and humidity, the cloud mass can no longer rise and the wind aloft shears the cloud. Central Nigeria, an area in which tropical rain forest gives way to dryer savannah lands, lies beneath a layer a heavy haze and smoke. The crew consisted of astronauts Robert L. Crippen, commander; Jon A.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineSTS-41G earth observations. NASA/JSC, 1984-10-07. Public domain. ID: 41g-39-0044.
