Odd cloud in Kazakhstan

Satellite
Kazakhstan
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

This true-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image shows an interesting cloud draped over Kazakhstan. The center of the cloud seems to bear a keyhole.

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Lake Balkhash, Kazakhstan

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Lake Balkhash, Kazakhstan

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Lake Balkhash, Kazakhstan

This series of images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra and Aqua...

Lake Balkhash, Kazakhstan

This series of images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra and Aqua...

Odd cloud in Kazakhstan