Monsoon Glow, 2018

A single Landsat 8 satellite false color composite scene over Tucson Arizona on July 11, 2018 on a rainy monsoon day. 

Clouds visualized with infrared imagery swirl in pastel tones of orange and pink which highlight varying cloud types, 

such as their atmospheric elevation and water content while the land beneath stretches like the ocean in shades of turquoise. 

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)