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Clouds border the Amazon River

Clouds border the Amazon River
Clouds border the Amazon River in this photograph from the International Space Station.

iss067e300317 (Aug. 30, 2022) — Clouds border the Amazon River as it empties into the Atlantic Ocean in this photograph from the International Space Station taken from 258 miles above Brazil. As the sun rises, the land heats up faster than the river preventing the formulation of small cumulus clouds above the cooler water.