This striking satellite photo shows multiple examples of a rare meteorological phenomenon, known as "von Kármán vortices," swirling off at least six different islands in the Atlantic Ocean. Very ...

A research team led by the University of Minnesota recently launched a project that aims to study cloud vortices on Jupiter’s atmosphere. The team is relying on the general public to contribute ...

NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Suomi NPP satellite captured the incredible view over the Moroccan coast late last month. The spiralling cloud patterns are called von ...

Clouds cover the Pacific Ocean in this image, captured by the MODIS on the Terra satellite on July 5, 2009. The small island you see is Guadalupe Island, which is located off the coast of Mexico’s ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A classification scheme for cloud vortices recorded on hemispheric digital mosaics southward of 20S during a period of some 550 days is used ...

The thunderstorms rolling through Lower Michigan this morning had some interesting cloud features. A few comments mentioned ‘scary clouds." Here are my thoughts about how to tell severe storm clouds ...

This image from January 19, 2007, was acquired by the MODIS on the Terra satellite. Featured in the image are von Karman cloud vortices off Cheju Do Isand, which is off the southwest coast of South ...

This 2012 satellite photo shows a unique perspective of a rare, rainbow-like phenomenon, known as a glory, that appeared next to a Mexican island just as the landmass spawned a separate series of ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla – Look at what appears as a sideways tornado rolling above the ground. The rotating cloud is not a tornado but the dangerous rotating air generated behind planes. The wake vortices, ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Cloud vortices off Heard Island, south Indian Ocean. The Moderate ...