Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Kármán vortex street

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OriginalKármán vortex street pattern in clouds caused by the interaction of winds flowing around the mountains of Juan Fernández Islands off the coast of Chile, photographed by Landsat 7
Reason
Good depiction of Kármán vortex street, a fluid dynamics phenomenon, in nature. This one is in the atmosphere and it was captured from space. The repetitive swirling pattern of clouds is caused by the interaction of wind blowing past (lower left corner) high altitude mountains of Juan Fernández Islands off the coast of Chile, specifically the Alejandro Selkirk Island [1] with a peak elevation of 4160 ft. This is a relatively old photo (1999) but the quality is sufficient and this isn't a commonly photographed subject in nature (not laboratory). FP on Commons.
Articles in which this image appears
Kármán vortex street, Juan Fernández Islands
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Natural phenomena/Others
Creator
Robert Cahalan, NASA/GSFC

Promoted File:Vortex-street-1.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 21:34, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]