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Heard Island
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As the air blows over the tops of the mountain peaks, seen here in the clear region, the direction of the air flow is disturbed. These disturbances in the flow pattern are generally small circular eddies with one circulating in a clockwise direction and the next in the reverse direction. The wind here has caused the shallow cloud cover to change accordingly. These eddies are commonly called von Karmen Vortices.
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Credit lineHeard Island. NASA/JSC, 1994-11-14. Public domain. ID: sts066-89-014.
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