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Related: About this forumSatellite captures enormous 90-mile-wide storm that's UNDERWATER
A GIANT storm is brewing under the sea off the coast of South Africa.
Snapped on December 26 by NASA's Terra satellite, the recently released image shows the incredible huge swirl of water estimated to stretch nearly 150km across.
It looks like it could swallow a moderately sized island nation, but the "storm" is actually just a harmless eddy, also known as a "current ring".
This one has formed off the Agulhas Current which flows around the southeastern coast and tip of South Africa.
And rather than suck unwitting life down to the ocean's murky depths, the anticlockwise swirl is more likely to bring nutrients up to the surface,
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/technology/sci-tech/nasas-terra-satellite-snaps-giant-storm-under-sea-off-coast-of-south-africa/story-fn5fsgyc-1226278178020#ixzz1n6lU6b9R
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Satellite captures enormous 90-mile-wide storm that's UNDERWATER (Original Post)
Ichingcarpenter
Feb 2012
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liberal N proud
(60,344 posts)1. Incredible nature
Looks like something right out of an old sci-fi flic
The Doctor.
(17,266 posts)2. Way neat-o!
xchrom
(108,903 posts)3. wow. nt
AikidoSoul
(2,150 posts)4. Awesome! Would like to see my least favorite politician of all times
fishing directly above. Then he might become part of the nutrient stream.... and good for something at last!
AlecBGreen
(3,874 posts)5. cool, lol @ stupid sensationalist science writers
HEADLINE: ZOMG!!1! There is a HUGE underwater S T O R M!!!!
Reality: "...the "storm" is actually just a harmless eddy..."
drokhole
(1,230 posts)6. It was reported last month as a "massive summer phytoplankton bloom"...
http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/2232-earth-art-ocean-phytoplankton-bloom.html
And this from the NASA Goddard Photo and Video's photostream flickr account:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/6647579827/
So..which is it?
And this from the NASA Goddard Photo and Video's photostream flickr account:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/6647579827/
So..which is it?
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)7. As much as I want to move out into space
I must admit, this planet still awes me daily...
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)8. Just wait until it eats Toledo.