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 ...

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 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 ...