These Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) images from June 11, 2000 demonstrate a turbulent atmospheric flow pattern known as the von Karman vortex street.
Published Dec 7, 2000
Clouds trace out atmospheric eddies and vortices near Baja, California.
Published Sep 9, 2013
In this image, the swirling clouds known as vortex streets appear along the left edge of the image, stretching southward from Isla Guadalupe. Southeast of the vortex street, a glory, which resembles a rainbow, hovers above the cloud cover. The glory is faint but large, 200 to 300 kilometers long, along a north-south orientation.
Published Jun 22, 2007
This Valentine in the sky is the visible expression of fluid dynamics at work.
Published Feb 14, 2019
The Aqua satellite captured this image of von Kármán vortices downwind of Isla Socorro.
Published Aug 19, 2013
Chains of swirling clouds stream behind islands in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Published Aug 13, 2017
Clouds, winds, and volcanic islands collaborated on giant paisley patters over the southeastern Pacific Ocean.
Published Feb 5, 2013
Mountain peaks slice through the clouds and air masses, creating Von Karman Vortices.
Published Nov 6, 2016
Known as von Kármán vortices, the remarkable curling patterns can form nearly anywhere that fluid flow is disturbed by an object.
Published Jun 7, 2015
Von Kármán vortices make another appearance near the Canary Islands.
Published Jul 11, 2020
Wind flowing past an island created this spiraling cloud pattern off the coast of Greenland.
Published Apr 13, 2012
Acquired April 29, 2011, this natural-color image shows wakes created by the Juan Fernandez Islands off the coast of Chile.
Published May 31, 2011
Winds flowing around Heard Island in the southwestern Indian Ocean shaped the clouds into a line of spirals.
Published May 8, 2016
A common cloud pattern, known as von Kármán vortices, makes an appearance at night.
Published Aug 19, 2019
Vog haze is transported hundreds of kilometers downwind of the Big Island of Hawaii, forming subtle but distinct alternating swirls.
Published Mar 9, 2015
Chevron-shaped clouds form downwind of the isolated volcanic island.
Published Apr 23, 2012
