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Cloud vortices off Heard Island, south Indian Ocean. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)...
Filaments and Vortices
Raging Vortices
Dual Vortices
Vortices Abound
Two frame "movie" of a pair of vortices in Jupiter's southern hemisphere. The two frames are separated by ten hours....
Cloud vortices off Heard Island, south Indian Ocean. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)...
With no solid land to obstruct their progress, dark vortices often roll through Saturn atmosphere for months or...
July 4th, 2002: Description: As air flows over and around objects in its path, spiraling eddies, known as Von Karman...
NASA image acquired August 14, 2010 at 14:55 UTC Cloud vortices off Madeira and Canary Islands Satellite: Aqua...
A trio of large storms embraces in Saturn high north. The three prominent vortices seen here are each wide enough to...
STS040-75-003 (5-14 June 1991) --- This image shows several of the Canary Islands, located in the North Atlantic...
In this series of images from NASA Cassini spacecraft, a dark, rectangular hot spot interacts with a line of...
As NASA's Juno mission completed its 43rd close flyby of Jupiter on July 5, 2022, its JunoCam instrument captured...
Streamers, swirls and vortices roll across the dynamic face of Saturn
Three large and impressive vortices, including two that appear to be interacting, are captured here as they swirl...
As the air blows over the tops of the mountain peaks, seen here in the clear region, the direction of the air flow...
Stable, south flowing air over the western Pacific Ocean (26.0N, 131.0E) is disturbed by islands south of Korea,...
Two bright vortices roll across the cloud-lined face of Saturn, where winds howl at high speeds never experienced on...
STS100-710-182 (19 April-1 May 2001) --- Easily recognizable in this STS-100 70mm frame are phenomena known as the...
Technicians check instrumentation and systems on NASA 808, a PA-30 aircraft, prior to a research flight. The...
55% SHARC (Subsonic High Alpha Research Concept) Model test-597 in 40x80 ft. w.t. during laser sheet phase of...
55% SHARC (Subsonic High Alpha Research Concept) Model test-597 in 40x80 ft. w.t. during laser sheet phase of...
Smoke generators show the twisting paths of wingtip vortices behind two NASA Dryden F/A-18 jets used in the...