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Canary Islands Kick Up Von Kármán Vortices

Known as von Kármán vortices, the remarkable curling patterns can form nearly anywhere that fluid flow is disturbed by an object.


NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS Rapid Response. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published June 7, 2015
Data acquired May 20, 2015

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Terra > MODIS