Satellite photo sheds light on mystery of what happens inside clouds

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Thrilled” scientists said the image taken by Earthcare – a joint mission between Europe and Japan – offers a unique glimpse into the internal structure of clouds and “is all we hoped for, and more”. Takuji Kubota, a mission scientist at the Japanese space agency, Jaxa, said: “We are thrilled to be able to present this first image, which reveals detail on the internal structure of cloud dynamics over the ocean, east of Japan on June 13. “The key to the mission is having all four instruments working together to give us a holistic understanding of the highly complex interactions between clouds, aerosols, incoming solar radiation and outgoing thermal radiation to help better predict future climate trends.”