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Whirlpool Cloud

Whirlpool Cloud
Image taken 8/21/2002 by ASTER

A giant whirlpool cloud, coaxed into shape by high-altitude winds, swirls above the sea between Spain and Morocco.

 

 

This image can be found on ASTER Path 200 Row 35, center: 35.67 N, 3.71 W.

Whirlpool Cloud

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