Vortex facts for kids
A vortex (pl. vortices) is a spinning, often turbulent, flow of fluid. The motion of the fluid swirling rapidly around a center is called a vortex. The speed and rate of rotation of the fluid are greatest at the center and become smaller with distance from the center.
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A Kármán vortex street is demonstrated in this photo, as winds from the west blow onto clouds that have formed over the mountains in the desert. This phenomenon observed from ground level is extremely rare, as most cloud-related Kármán vortex street activity is viewed from space
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A rigid-body vortex
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An irrotational vortex
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Saturn's north polar vortex
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A plughole vortex
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The visible core of a vortex formed when a C-17 uses high engine power at slow speed on a wet runway.
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Vortices formed by milk when poured into a cup of coffee
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The Crow instability of a jet aeroplane's contrail visually demonstrates the vortex created in the atmosphere (gas fluid medium) by the passage of the aircraft.
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In Spanish: Vórtice para niños
