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Heavy grey storm clouds with layered, wave-like undersides filling the sky above a calm dark fjord with small ice floes, flat shore and low hills, with a pale band of light at the horizon.

Opposing autumn winds in Greenland

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Maria Scheel

Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark

During autumn season in Northeast Greenland, opposing winds can form miraculous cloud patterns. Sometimes it creates the illusion of a grand distant mountain range - what a celebration, before Arctic winter darkens the views on the Young Sound.

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Atmospheric Sciences Cryospheric Sciences Field

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North America Northern America Greenland Show on map

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clouds storm atmosphere arctic meteorology greenland young sound wave

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Credit: Maria Scheel (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

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Type Image Format JPG Size 1.4 MB Aspect 4:3 Width 4224 px Height 3168 px Brand Canon Model EOS 500D Exposure 50 mm f/7.1 1/80 s ISO 100 Coordinates 74.4592, -20.5133 Tint Grayish blue Published 31 March 2021 Taken 17 August 2020

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