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MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
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Clouds against the Mountains of Taiwan (MODIS), 2022 satellite pictures, Satellite pictures of Taiwan, Spacemedia files uploaded by OptimusPrimeBot
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Clouds against the Mountains of Taiwan (MODIS), 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”., 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.
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台湾雲 台湾雲 台湾雲
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台湾の山雲は、「干支の熱帯と華南海の間」に広がる、台湾の「干潟に干上がった陸塊」と呼ばれている。また、山々の頂上が平らな上を突き、常に流れている白い塊が目に見える限り広がっている「雲海」が広く、頻繁に見られることでも有名である。2022年12月20日、NASAのテラ衛星に搭載された中距離解像度イメージング分光放射計は、台湾の東半分を覆う大きな雲の真色の画像を取得し、中央山脈の高い峰に逆立ちした。国土の東半分は険しく、しばしば雲に覆われ、いくつかの場所で山はほぼ海に届く。200以上のピークが3,000メートル以上に上昇する。いくつかの海流と高い湿度に囲まれた雲が台湾東部で一般的である。特に秋に気温が下がり始めた早朝に多く観光客に人気がある。山に雲を眺めることは奨励されている。10月、地元メディアは「雲の季節が台湾の阿里山に到来する」と報じ、林野局は「陽光の日の出、日の入りを楽しんでいる」と国民を招待していると報じた。阿里山国家風景区は、台湾中南部の山々にあり、陸地から雲が降りて景色を楽しむ人気景勝地のひとつである。
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athwart tropic of cancer cloud bank butt joint tropic eye bank morning, autumn