Whirlpool

Whirlpool
May 26, 2015
CreditImage provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) EROS Data Center Satellite Systems Branch. Caption adapted from text provided by NASA's Earth Observatory. Source: NASA/USGS Landsat 7; NASA Earth Observatory.
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This image shows a spinning formation of ice, clouds and low-lying fog off the eastern coast of Greenland.

This image was acquired by the Landsat 7 satellite on May 14, 2001. This is a false-color composite image made using infrared, red and green wavelengths.