Fascinating Clouds in False Color

During ACLOUD we often look at satellite images to determine the coordinated of the flight pattern and have a most recent look on the weather or to analyze in which area and clouds regime the last flights have been finally flown. One instrument we like is MODIS for which a lot of images and products are available online. Looking into the detailled images you can discover a multitude of different cloud structures and phenomena. Especially when using false color images such like these:






Clouds pressing into the fjords...

Vortex like clouds at the southern tip of Svalbard...

Inhomogeneous convective clouds?

Strato cumulus in different scales...