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Tag: Kelvin-Helmholtz

NASA Rocket Trails Trace Twisting Waves at the Border of Space

Glowing vapor clouds released from NASA research rockets launched in Alaska in January 2018 trace curling waves high in Earth’s atmosphere, at the very boundary of space, revealing fluid flow structures known as Kelvin-Helmholtz instability.

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