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Object name | Necklace Vortex around Castle Rock |
Caption | A light dusting of snow illustrates perfectly the necklace vortex created when wind must travel around an obstacle sticking up from a surface. Mt. Erebus in the background is 23 miles away. Castle Rock, the obstacle, is a small volcanic crater 1,350 feet high and 2 miles away. |
Copyright notice | © Irma Hale |