STS-44 Space Shuttle Atlantis Earth Observation

Stable, south flowing air over the western Pacific Ocean disturbed by islands south of Korea, resulting in sinuous clouds known as 'Von Karman Vortices', with smoke plume from Japan's Mount Unzen Volcano, on Kyushu, visible to the west of the large cloud mass and extending southward, in an image taken from Space Shuttle Atlantis during mission STS-44, 24th November to 1st December 1991. A large, purple tinged dust pall, originating in Mongolia, can be seen on the Earth's Limb, covering eastern China and extending into the East China Sea.