The power of atmospheric rivers, as seen from space

California had one of its memorable (and important for water supply) “atmospheric river” storms earlier this month. The folks at NASA have posted a particularly beautiful image of one of the results:

Sediment from the Eel River, courtesy NASA

Sediment from the Eel River, courtesy NASA

That’s a huge blast of sediment flowing out the mouth of the Eel River in northern California following the storm.

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