Earth from Space: Swirling cloud art
This false-colour Envisat image, taken on 6 June 2010, highlights a unique cloud formation, created by Von Karman vortices, south of the Canary Island archipelago, some 95 km from the northwest coast of Africa (right) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Von Karman vortices, named after aeronautical engineer Theodore von Karman, form as air flows around an object in its path, causing it to separate and create eddies in its wake. The clockwise and counterclockwise spirals in this image were created as wind blowing from the north over the Atlantic was disturbed by the archipelago.
Seven larger islands and a few smaller ones make up the Canaries; the larger islands are (left to right): El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. Tenerife is the largest of the Canaries, while Gran Canaria is the most populated.
High-Res: 3085×3538px (2 MB)
Credit: ESA
Favorite iPhone Apps
I believe finding good iPhone apps is impossible. However, I have found several extremely useful apps that I use on a daily basis. (I hate having multiple apps that do the same thing, but Apple won’t let me remove theirs. I keep all the native apps on the first page and tend to ignore it.)
Read It Later: I absolutely love this this app/service. I probably use this app every time I ride the bus, before bed, during lunch…
Tumblr: I’m not a fan of the icon, but, again, I love the service. It let’s me follow my feed and open links in the app. It’s got it’s purpose and it does it well.
TweetDeck: I’m still looking for a good Twitter app that will let me send links to Read It Later. Many are out there, but I use this one because it has a great interface. Simple, yet has a ton of features.
ESPN Radio: Tony Kornheiser Show. Mon thru Fri, 9-11 am, Central time.
Mint.com: Really slow on syncing, but it shows me all my accounts and syncs with the web app. A few flaws, but serves it’s purpose well.
MyWeather: So many more features than the native app. The radar alone destroys the “73 and Sunny” Weather app.
Simplenote: Just started using this one. I like that it syncs with the web; add, edit, and delete with my MacBook.
No particular order, and no links. I definitely suggest checking them out though.







