"Gravity Waves Create Perfect Cloud Ripples Over Remote Islands"

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Source: Livescience.com
"Gravity Waves Create Perfect Cloud Ripples Over Remote Islands"
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An astronaut aboard the International Space Station captured a photo of two perfectly aligned wave clouds above the Crozet Islands in the Southern Ocean. These wave clouds, formed by air oscillating over island mountains, are rare and more commonly found over large bodies of water. The Crozet Islands are uninhabited except for a small research station studying local wildlife.

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