“A Cut in the Clouds” The island formed ripples in the clouds.
From the NASA Earth Observatory page
“Like a ship carving its way through the sea, the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands parted the clouds. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this natural-color image on February 2, 2017. The ripples in the clouds are known as gravity waves.”
South Georgia Island. “Like a ship carving its way through the sea”