As air flows over and around objects in its path, spiraling eddies, known as Von Karmanvortices, may form. The vortices in this image were created when prevailing windssweeping east across the northern Pacific Ocean ecountered Alaska's Aleutian Islands.
This image was acquired by Landsat 7’sEnhanced Thematic Mapper plus (ETM+) sensor.
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Image provided by the USGS EROS Data Center Satellite Systems Branch as part of the Earth as Art II image series
