NASA Photo ID: SL4-137-3632        File Name: 10076360.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 12/14/73
Title: View of atmospheric wave patterns by effect of island on wind currents
Description:
A photograph taken from the Skylab space station in Earth orbit
illustrating  an atmospheric wave pattern (54.4S, 3.4E) by the effect of a
small  mountainous island on wind currents. Various patterns can be seen
downwind of  small islands. This photograph illustrates a "bow wave"
pattern which extends  for hundreds of miles downwind from the island. The
island itself is often  clear when a wave pattern is formed downstream.
This particular pattern is  very symetrical. The island in the photo is in
the south Atlantic, either  Diego de Alvare or Gough Island.               

Subject terms:
ARGENTINA                               
ATLANTIC OCEAN                          
CLOUDS                                  
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
EDDY CURRENTS                           
OCEAN CURRENTS                          
OCEAN SURFACE                           
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
PHOTOGRAPHY                             
SKYLAB 4                                
SKYLAB PROGRAM                          
SOUTH AMERICA                           

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