Atlantic ship trails

Atlantic Ocean, South Africa, Namibia

Meteosat-9

IR12.0–IR10.8, IR10.8–IR3.9, IR10.8

This Night Microphysics RGB image shows numerous ship trails over the South Atlantic, off the coast of Southern Africa.

Last Updated

22 October 2020

Published on

30 September 2010

The ship trails are visible as pale blue stripes embedded in magenta-coloured stratocumulus cloud fields.

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