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Wingtip vortices roll up in the wake of this U.S. Coast Guard C-130J. At the edge of a wing high-pressure, low velocity air is able to creep around the edge of the wingtip toward the low-pressure, high-velocity air atop the wing. This creates a swirling vortex that trails behind each wing, made visible here by the clouds entrained in the plane’s wake.  Over time, these counter-rotating vortices will sink downward and break up due to viscosity and instabilities induced by their proximity. (via Aviationist)

Wingtip vortices roll up in the wake of this U.S. Coast Guard C-130J. At the edge of a wing high-pressure, low velocity air is able to creep around the edge of the wingtip toward the low-pressure, high-velocity air atop the wing. This creates a swirling vortex that trails behind each wing, made visible here by the clouds entrained in the plane’s wake.  Over time, these counter-rotating vortices will sink downward and break up due to viscosity and instabilities induced by their proximity. (via Aviationist)

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