File:Heard Island Karman vortex street.jpg

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English: Cloud vortices in the cloud layer off Heard Island, south Indian Ocean. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of sea ice off Heard Island on Nov 2, 2015 at 5:02 AM EST (09:20 UTC).
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Author NASA / GSFC / Jeff Schmaltz / MODIS Land Rapid Response Team
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