In this orbiter image from NASA , we see breathtakingly beautiful swirls of cloud that are also iridescent . It ’s an unusual compounding of two atmospherical phenomenon of the coast of Baja California : von Kármán whirlpool and a glory .
Von Kármán vorticesare the swirls have by peaks thump up into the swarm pack of cards , turbulence swirling the air like a rock in a stream . Because the conditions phenomena is directly tied to geographics , it is common to see the vortices show up in the same placement repeatedly over time .
https://gizmodo.com/vortices-trailing-guadalupe-1572088208
Gloriesare rainbow opalescence in clouds forge by water droplets scattering sunshine . If the droplets are just the right size , the light is scattered backwards , create rainbow clouds . While we usually see glories as circular halos , the NASA satellite captures picture in band as it revolve , imaging the glory asa pair of elongate bandsinstead .
What ’s the narration , Venus - Glory ?
While far less unusual , I ’m also know the cloud deck with hexangular cracking , a typical cooling design I see more often when looking at dry mud or columnar basalts .
Tip and read more onClimate Central , spotted byMarshall Shepherd&Rob Simmon . Image deferred payment : NASA / MODIS
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