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Earth data, reimagined as art.

By Anupa Kulathunga · Sri Lanka

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© 2026 Orbital Artifacts

Imagery curated from Earth as Art, courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data.

Whirlpool Cloud — Spain — ASTER

◉Acquired 2002-08-21·ASTER

◉OA-006

Whirlpool Cloud

Spain

ASTER

Acquired 2002-08-21

U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 2

A giant whirlpool cloud, coaxed into shape by high-altitude winds, swirls above the sea between Spain and Morocco.

Curated from

U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 2. Imagery in the public domain; the edit and sequencing are Orbital Artifacts’.


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