These spiraling cloud patterns, caused when prevailing ocean winds encounter an island, are known as von Karman vortices or 'vortex streets'. |
Electric blue-coloured plankton blooms swirl in the North Atlantic ocean off Ireland |
Phytoplankton |
The Tuamotu Archipelago a part of French Polynesia. |
the Taklimakan desert, China |
The western end of the Samoan Island chain lies Savai'i. |
Hurricane Danielle churns in the Atlantic Ocean |
Cape Kazantip |
Aqua satellite detected 148,946 fires in this image |
Cloudless skies allow a clear view of dust and hydrogen sulfide plumes along the coast of Namibia |