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n-a-s-a: Lake Effect Snow on Earth Credit: SeaWiFS Project, NASA  Explanation: What are those strange clouds stretching out from these lakes? The clouds are caused by cold air moving over a warm water and result in bands of lake-effect snow. The rising bands of moistened, warmed air that drop lake-effect snow alternate with clear bands of falling cold air. During a winter, such bands can create hundreds of centimeters of snow more than upwind areas only a hundred kilometers away. 

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Lake Effect Snow on Earth

Credit: SeaWiFS Project, NASA 

Explanation: What are those strange clouds stretching out from these lakes? The clouds are caused by cold air moving over a warm water and result in bands of lake-effect snow. The rising bands of moistened, warmed air that drop lake-effect snow alternate with clear bands of falling cold air. During a winter, such bands can create hundreds of centimeters of snow more than upwind areas only a hundred kilometers away. 

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    #lol that poor state nice friend, how is it in FLORIDA? lol
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    Oh, lake effect. Responsible for many a stuck car and snow day. Thanks, Michigan, keep it weird.
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