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Aerosols
Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. (MP4, 12.7 MB).

Human Induced Versus Naturally Occurring Aerosols

[19-Feb-2009] This animation juxtaposes ocean clouds and city clouds. Both zoom to the particle-detail level to show the difference in aerosol particle number and back out to show that clouds over oceans are taller and darker than those over cities.
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