SeaWiFS: Madeira Island Vortex Street - related image preview

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SeaWiFS: Madeira Island Vortex Street

This SeaWiFS image taken on July 18, 2001, again shows the 1800-meter-high Madeira Island serving as the obstruction to the flow of wind that created the beautiful pattern of vortices in the clouds to the southwest of the island.


Credit line for all images: Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

Published July 18, 2001
Data acquired July 18, 2001

Source:
OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS
Topic:
Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Vorticity
Collection:
Visible Earth