A NASA satellite has provided jaw-dropping pictures of a huge ‘storm’
brewing under the sea. The swirling mass of water – which measures a
whopping 93 miles wide – has been spotted off the coast of South Africa
by the Terra satellite. But there’s no need to alert international
shipping, or worry about the poor fish that might find themselves in an
endless washing cycle – the body of water poses no threat. Indeed, it is
more likely to create life by sucking nutrients from the bed and
bringing them to the surface. The sea storms – which are better known as
eddies – form bizarre whirl shaped shapes deep beneath the ocean’s
surface. This counter-clockwise eddy is thought to have peeled off from
the Agulhas Current, which flows along the southeastern coast of Africa
and around the tip of South Africa. Agulhas eddies – also called
‘current rings’ – tend to be among the largest in the world,
transporting warm, salty water from the Indian Ocean to the South
Atlantic.
Daily Mail