Title

Clouds 39,000 feet north of Stavanger, Norway, seen from DC-8 plane. Creator: NASA.

Caption

Clouds 39,000 feet north of Stavanger, Norway, seen from DC-8 plane. Type I and Type II polar stratospheric clouds near the North Pole. Type I are the dark orange or brown layer, and Type II is the white layer above. NASA operates a modified Douglas DC-8 jetliner aircraft as a flying science laboratory.

Date

1980

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Space

Reference

HRM19F02_147

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,9Mb (3,5Mb) / 19,1in x 12,8in / 5729 x 3840 (300dpi)

Keywords

weather cloud clouds space science Norway Earth solar system astronomy color location stavanger space exploration space travel North Pole Colour stratosphere TGN photograph Rogaland NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration weather pattern Heritage Space photograph