Out of this world images from NASA
Credit: NASA/GSFC/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team
Cloud Vortices Off Saint Helena Island NASA's Terra satellite passed over the South Atlantic Ocean on November 15, 2012, allowing the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer instrument flying aboard to capture this true-color image of St. Helena Island and the band of wind-blown cloud vortices trailing towards the island's leeward side.
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