The first -40ยบ temperature of the winter in Alaska
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A sequence of Suomi NPP VIIRS Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) and Infrared Window (11.45 µm) images centered over the North Slope of Alaska (above) showed a few patches of thin stratus cloud drifting westward on 24 November 2018. Ample illumination from the Moon — which was in the Waning Gibbous phase,... Read More