Odyssey image
Vital Statistics
Location:
86.8N, 91.5E
Released:
2008-07-31
Image Size:
20.5 x 72.7 km, 1024 x 3648 px
Resolution: 20m Instrument: VIS
Medium-size image for 20080731a
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU
 
Image Context:
Context image for 20080731a 		Wide Context:
Wide context image for 20080731a
Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
View on map
 
Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.
 
When winds that have swept across the north polar ice encounter a trough in the ice the laminar flow slows at the base of the trough, producing a turbulent wind regime that is easily recognized in the clouds formed in the trough.
 
Download: PNG JPG TIFF View All Daily Images
THEMIS Image of the Day: Polar Winds