Low pressure system over Iceland

Autor:

NASA/GSFC, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Jacques Descloitres

Credit:

https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/images/68992/low-off-iceland

Krótki link:

https://plwiki.pl/b/24b0a

źródło:

Wikimedia Commons

Wymiary:

6000 x 5200 Pixel (4050902 Bytes)

Opis:

A beautifully-formed low-pressure system swirls off the southwestern coast of Iceland, illustrating the maxim that "nature abhors a vacuum." The vacuum in this case would be a region of low atmospheric pressure. In order to fill this void, air from a nearby high-pressure system moves in, in this case bringing clouds along for the ride. And because this low-pressure system occurred in the Northern Hemisphere, the winds spun in toward the center of the low-pressure system in a counter-clockwise direction; a phenomenon known as the Coriolis force (in the Southern Hemisphere, the Coriolis force would be manifested in a clockwise direction of movement). The clouds in the image resembled pulled cotton and lace as they spun in a lazy hurricane-like pattern. This huge system swirled over the Denmark Strait in between Greenland and Iceland. The image was taken by the Aqua MODIS instrument on September 4, 2003.

Licencja:

Public domain