NASA’s Beautiful Climate Picture Makes You Forget Extreme Weather Is Possible

Leslie Horn - The world is utterly beautiful, especially when seen through the lens of picture of global aerosols — the solid and liquid particles that float around in our atmosphere. You’re familiar with dust, but what do it and all the other floating bits look like from the heavens? We notice these particles when they scatter and absorb sunlight. Like you see in this picture, which was taken using the Goddard Earth Observing System Model (GEOS-5), they take on vibrant colours. For example, the red is dust, the blue...