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Marine Layer Clouds off the California Coast
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NASA image acquired September 27, 2012 On September 27, 2012, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite captured this nighttime view of low-lying marine layer clouds along the coast of California. The image was captured by the VIIRS “day-night band,” which detects light in a range of wavelengths from green to near-infrared and uses filtering techniques to observe signals such as gas flares, auroras, wildfires, city lights, and reflected moonlight.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineMarine Layer Clouds off the California Coast. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001627.
