Polar Winds
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU
About this image
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.
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Context
86.8442
91.508
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2008-06-16 22:07
Thu, 2008-07-31
VIS
1024 pixels (20 km)
3648 pixels (72 km)
0.019917 km/pixel
0.020062 km/pixel
