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Awesome vortex shedding
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madd0ct0r
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Awesome vortex shedding
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Re: Awesome vortex shedding
What is this?
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Re: Awesome vortex shedding
A thread necro.krakonfour wrote:What is this?
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Re: Awesome vortex shedding
Now now be nice...
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What you are looking at is the 'flow' of low clouds parting around an island, most likely one with a very tall mountain.
Put your finger in a stream and you'll see similar "vortexing" It is just simple fluid dynamics. Except this is with clouds.
(ahems)
What you are looking at is the 'flow' of low clouds parting around an island, most likely one with a very tall mountain.
Put your finger in a stream and you'll see similar "vortexing" It is just simple fluid dynamics. Except this is with clouds.
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krakonfour
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Re: Awesome vortex shedding
Ah. What about the blue/red colors on the second photo? An attempt at 3d?Crossroads Inc. wrote:Now now be nice...
(ahems)
What you are looking at is the 'flow' of low clouds parting around an island, most likely one with a very tall mountain.
Put your finger in a stream and you'll see similar "vortexing" It is just simple fluid dynamics. Except this is with clouds.
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE!
Like worldbuilding? Write D&D adventures or GTFO.
A setting: Iron Giants
Another setting: Supersonic swords and Gun-Kata
Attempts at Art
Like worldbuilding? Write D&D adventures or GTFO.
A setting: Iron Giants
Another setting: Supersonic swords and Gun-Kata
Attempts at Art
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Borgholio
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Re: Awesome vortex shedding
Looks like it. Either that or using different overlapping filters to view it...Ah. What about the blue/red colors on the second photo? An attempt at 3d?
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