Both an F-18 fighter pilot and satellites spied this cool swirling vortex of clouds off the Southern

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By Tom Yulsman | February 4, 2018 10:54 am



Satellite view of a von Kármán vortex near San Clemente Island off Southern California on Feb. 1, 2018.
(Source: NASA Worldview)

Check out this image captured Thursday by NASA’s Aqua satellite. See that swirling vortex, complete with a clear eye? It has formed just off the coast of San Clemente Island to the west of San Diego.

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This is a classic von Kármán vortex, a cyclonic swirl of clouds that can develop when winds are diverted around a big obstacle such an island. The vortices form quite commonly off California as winds interact with coastal topography and the Channel Islands — in this case, San Clemente Island.

More:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/imageo/2018/02/04/swirling-vortex-of-clouds-off-southern-california/#.WnfI7ainHIU

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