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Von Karman vortices

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: t-nua06-00200

Image Size 300 DPI: 30 * 30 cm

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.

Keywords for this photo:

2002 - ALASKA - ALEUTIAN ISLANDS - CLOUD - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - FALSE COLOR - LANDSAT - LANDSAT-7 - METEOROLOGY - SATELLITE IMAGE - USA - Von Karman -