NASA's DC-8 Awaits Takeoff
January 16, 2013
NASA's DC-8 awaits takeoff from Cold Lake, Alberta, amid cloudy skies. Researchers hoped to locate pyrocumulus clouds, smoke plumes that take the shape of thunderstorms. Credit: NASA
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Technology Internet, Cumulus, Meteorology, Atmospheric sciences, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Volcanism, Pyrocumulus cloud, Wildfires, Microscale meteorology, Storm, Thunderstorm, Cloud, NASA
