A Kármán vortex street formed on Guadalupe Island last Saturday: https://www.ventusky.com/?p=27.79;-117.48;7&l=satellite&t=20200523/2150&w=off. This a wonderful example of how an island can affects the wind in large area. More information about this interesting event is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kármán_vortex_street | Ventusky

“The von Kármán vortex street is one of the most prominent and exquisite flow patterns observed in fluid dynamics. For a fluid flow past a cylinder (and other bluff bodies), flow separation and eventually alternating vortex shedding are observed in the wake at large Reynolds numbers where fluid inertia dominates the flow.” https://journals.aps.org/prfluids/abstract/10.1103/dsx8-n7mr Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi E Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst | Shamoon Ahmed

2.5K views · 84 reactions | Watch this all the way through! An amazing experiment showing you how Karman Vortex Streets happen. There's a great pay off at the end. Terrific explanation Tom Niziol. | Mike Bettes | Facebook