Satellite Captures Giant Cloud Circle

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Giant, near-perfect cloud ring appears in the middle of the Pacific Ocean — Earth from space

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The cloud ring was spotted by NASA 's Terra satellite on Sept. 3, 2014 .

It is made up of cumulus clouds that have been sculpted into a Rayleigh-Benard convection cell.

The ring is located just south of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ICZ) The ocean surface to the east of the cloud ring appears to have a metallic shine.

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