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Headline: Amazing Earth: NASA Chose Best Satellite Images from 2019

Caption: PICTURE SHOWS: Clouds Over the North Pole. As spring turns to summer in the Northern Hemisphere each year, unusual streaks of clouds form high in the atmosphere around sunset in the world’s high latitudes. This image reveals a satellite view of noctilucent clouds centered over the North Pole on June 12, 2019. Noctilucent — or “night shining” — clouds are so aptly named because they appear in the twilight hour before sundown. The data for this image was acquired by NASA’s Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) spacecraft. The instrument measures albedo, or the amount of sunlight reflected back into space. The map is a composite view stitched together from several satellite passes. In this AIM map, noctilucent clouds appear in various shades of light blue to white, depending on the density of ice particles in the air. ... STORY COPY: Amazing Earth: Satellite Images from 2019 This January, NASA have taken a look back at some notable satellite views of our planet from 2019. They explain: “Was 2019 an eventful year for you? It certainly was for our home planet. Earth experienced volcanic eruptions, tropical cyclones and melting glaciers. From space, NASA saw a surge in Amazon rainforest wildfires as well as a total solar eclipse in the South Pacific. “What better way to reflect on the events of 2019 than through the “eyes” of NASA’s fleet of Earth-observing satellites and instruments on the International Space Station? These space assets constantly orbit our globe and provide invaluable information to scientists, government agencies and people like you.”

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