Swirling clouds over the South Pacific

Credit: ESA ©2009 MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA, Posted on: Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 06:38 CST Download full size image

Cloud structures over the South Pacific, seen with the OSIRIS Imaging System’s narrow-angle camera on November 13 at 06:48 CET. The clouds are part of an anticyclone that is visible close to the center of the image below.

This false-color composite was generated from the orange, green and blue optical color filters. It depicts a portion of the scene below with five times the resolution.

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