Monsoon Glow, 2018

A single Landsat 8 false-color composite scene over Tucson, Arizona, captured on July 11, 2018 — a rainy monsoon day. Clouds, visualized through infrared imagery, swirl in pastel tones of coral, revealing variations in cloud type, atmospheric elevation, and water content. Beneath them, the land stretches like the ocean as blue purlieu. 

Red Channel:      Shortwave infrared 1 (1.57 - 1.65 μm)

Green Channel:  Shortwave infrared 2 (2.11 - 2.29 μm)

Blue  Channel:    Panchromatic (0.52 - 0.90 μm)