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Von Karman vortices

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

t-nua06-00200

Date

2009-04-20

As air flows over and around objects in its path, spiraling eddies, known as Von Karman vortices, may form. The vortices in this image were created when prevailing winds sweeping east across the northern Pacific Ocean ecountered Alaska's Aleutian Islands.
This image was acquired by Landsat 7 satellite.