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A part of New Zealand's South Island as seen by the Landsat 8 satellite. A long, thin white cloud floats above the green and brown landscape. A bit of water is visible on the right of the image.

A Particular Lenticular Cloud

New Zealand’s stunning scenery has famously provided the backdrop for fictional worlds in fantasy films. A unique cloud that forms over the Otago region of the country’s South Island also evokes the otherworldly, while very much existing in reality.

Image Credit: NASA/Lauren Dauphin; USGS

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