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Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

sea smoke

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Fishing boats amidst "Arctic sea smoke" near Qingdao, China on January 7th. Arctic sea smoke is a result of frigid air passing over relatively warm water; the phenomenon is rare, even in the Arctic.

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Shaoqing Wang

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