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   December 21, 2022 - Clouds against the Mountains of Taiwan   
      
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      Taiwan has been called an “uptilted chunk of land tossed into the   
      Pacific athwart the Tropic of Cancer and between the East China and   
      South China Seas”. It is also famous for its widespread and frequent   
      “sea of clouds”, where mountain peaks poke above a flat-topped, yet   
      continually flowing, mass of white which spreads as far as the eye can   
      see.   
      
      On December 20, 2022, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer   
      (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image a   
      large bank of cloud covering the eastern half of Taiwan, and butting up   
      against the tall peaks of the Central Mountain Range (Chung Yang   
      Range). The eastern half of the country is rugged and often   
      cloud-covered, with mountains reaching almost to the ocean in several   
      locations. More than 200 peaks in this range rise greater than 3,000   
      meters (9,843 feet).   
      
      Surrounded by several ocean currents and high humidity, clouds are the   
      norm on the eastern side of Taiwan. They are especially common in the   
      early morning when temperatures begin to decrease in the autumn, and   
      the sight is popular with tourists. Cloud-watching on the mountains is   
      encourage. In October, local news media reported “Sea of clouds season   
      coming to Taiwan’s Alishan” and that the Forestry Bureau invites the   
      public to “enjoy magnificent sunrises, sunsets”. Alishan National   
      Scenic Area sits in the mountains in south-central Taiwan and one of   
      the popular viewing areas to enjoy the cloudy spectacle from land.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 12/20/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (148.6 KB),  500m (407.4 KB),  250m (293.1   
      KB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-12-21   
       
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