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© NASA-MODIS
A unique weather event called a Karman Vortex was created by airflow disturbed by Island Guadalupe off the coast of Baja California only occurs in a few places around the world and only on rare occasion.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), photographed a strange atmospheric phenomenon in northern Baja California Sur called Karman vortices, which occur only in very specific climatic conditions.

The image of four eddies spinning in the Pacific in the wake of Isla de Guadalupe of the coast of Baja California, was taken by the MODIS instruments onboard the Aqua satellite in mid June 2014; also managed to capture a Gloria, a kind of circle that reproduces a spectrum effect

The paths of anticyclonic eddies or Karman vortices, named in honor of the scientist who discovered them, occur when winds meet a geographic obstacle such as the islands and the warmth of the land in opposition to the ocean moisture shape the clouds to generate a swirling trail of several miles, visible from space.

The rare phenomenon does not occur often, nor in all areas of ​​the world. Some of the rare locations include our own Baja California peninsula, the Canary Islands in Spain, Portugal or Madeira, and although they may take place in these locations you can only witness them from space or very high altitude.