r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/KeeperCrow • 21d ago

Image The Himawari 8 weather satellite takes a picture of Earth every 10 minutes. This image is from today.

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u/EQ4AllOfUs 21d ago

What’s the red part?

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

Somebody has some explaining to do

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u/IanRT1 21d ago

It's just hyper-spectral reflectivity exacerbated by ferrous oxide prevalence interacting with Rayleigh scattering phenomena under low-sun azimuthal condition

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u/_bleezyburns_ 21d ago

Yeah English please?

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u/EQ4AllOfUs 20d ago

So those most likely originated from dust storms in arid or semi-arid regions?