This fiery infrared satellite image, centered about 290 kilometers off Atlantic City, New Jersey, shows the Gulf Stream as it bends and stretches eastward toward Europe. The dark orange twirls are warm waters (around 30 °C on the surface) and the lighter, carroty colors are roughly 10 °C. The black splurges are clouds.
As the warm ocean-surface water of the Gulf Stream swirls northward from the equator, it collides with cooler coastal currents flowing off the eastern US. In the spring and autumn, the colors in such infrared images flare as the temperature differences between the currents increase.
NASA's Suomi NPP satellite captured the image yesterday on one of its 14 daily polar orbits of the Earth.
This fiery infrared satellite image, centered about 290 kilometers off Atlantic City, New Jersey, shows the Gulf Stream as it bends and stretches eastward toward Europe. The dark orange twirls are warm waters (around 30 °C on the surface) and the lighter, carroty colors are roughly 10 °C. The black splurges are clouds.As the warm ocean-surface water of the Gulf Stream swirls northward from the equator, it collides with cooler coastal currents flowing off the eastern US. In the spring and autumn, the colors in such infrared images flare as the temperature differences between the currents increase.NASA's Suomi NPP satellite captured the image yesterday on one of its 14 daily polar orbits of the Earth.
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