Satellite Captures Mesmerizing Cloud Vortices Swirling Off Six Atlantic Islands
NASA’s Terra satellite took a stunning picture of the cosmos in May 2015. It showed six Atlantic islands painting the sky with swirling, hypnotic cloud spirals that covered more than 260,000 square miles (670,000 km²). These “von Kármán vortices” are one of the most beautiful atmospheric dances in nature. They got their name from the ...
