A Kármán vortex street formed on Guadalupe Island last Saturday: https://www.ventusky.com/?p=27.79;-117.48;7&l=satellite&t=20200523/2150&w=off. This a wonderful example of how an island can affects the wind in large area. More information about this interesting event is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kármán_vortex_street | Ventusky

2.5K views · 84 reactions | Watch this all the way through! An amazing experiment showing you how Karman Vortex Streets happen. There's a great pay off at the end. Terrific explanation Tom Niziol. | Mike Bettes | Facebook

5.9K views · 51 reactions | Cool visual Kármán Vortex Street a repeating pattern of swirling vortices formed when fluid like air or water flows past a blunt object, such as a cylinder. | Claire Eddib | Facebook

Can you spot the von Kármán vortex street the west of Alvin in this GOES West imagery from June 25, 2019? This imagery was captured before Alvin became the first tropical storm of the East Pacific season. Von Kármán vortices typically form long straight lines over large flat areas of the ocean. However, geological features, like islands and volcanoes, can disrupt the flow of the wind and create spiral patterns, not dissimilar to the way large boulders create downstream eddies in rivers. The spir