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
This Valentine in the sky is the visible expression of fluid dynamics at work.
Published Feb 14, 2019
Penguins, seals, and scientists are among the residents of a remote archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean.
Published Dec 28, 2016
The Aqua satellite captured this image of von Kármán vortices downwind of Isla Socorro.
Published Aug 19, 2013
In one frame International Space Station astronauts were able to capture the evolution of fringing reefs to atolls. As with the Hawaiian Islands, these volcanic hot spot islands become progressively older to the northwest. As these islands move away from their magma sources they erode and subside.
Published Feb 16, 2003
The small Puerto Rican island is a natural reserve that has been nicknamed the “Galapagos of the Caribbean.”
Published Feb 28, 2016
Von Kármán vortices make another appearance near the Canary Islands.
Published Jul 11, 2020
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
Acquired November 23, 2009, this true-color image shows wave clouds formed by air currents passing over the South Sandwich Islands. The islands anchor the V-shaped clouds that spread out toward the east.
Published Nov 25, 2009
Acquired October 2, 2002, this natural-color image shows islands off the coast of Croatia, in the Adriatic Sea.
Published Apr 17, 2011
Lakshadweep’s coral atolls glow iridescent blue-green in this natural-color scene from February 2012.
Published Apr 15, 2012
Clouds swirled in the southern Atlantic Ocean, northwest of St. Helena, in mid-November 2012.
Published Nov 25, 2012
