Unusual Wave Clouds over the Aral Sea× This page contains archived content and is no longer being updated. At the time of publication, it represented the best available science. Distinctive lines of clouds stretch out from the shore of the Aral Sea in this photo-like image captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite on March 12, 2009. While wave clouds like this are not unusual, this
