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by \"Liz Liz\u00a0Klimas<\/a><\/p>\n

What we may call a huge underwater vortex, scientists call an eddy \u2014 and a satellite spotted a huge one off the coast of Africa just before the new year.<\/p>\n

\"Giant<\/a>

Giant eddy spotted by Terra Satellite. (Image: NASA Earth Observatory)<\/p><\/div>\n

New Scientist reports that NASA\u2019s Terra satellite caught the 90-mile-wide, blue, swirling mass<\/a> in late December and NASA released the photos last week. But there is and was no need to worry, even though its size rivals that of many a tropical storm. New Scientist states that unlike above water cyclones, eddies actually create a nutritious, underwater haven:<\/p>\n

[…] these ocean whirlwinds draw nutrients up from the deep, nourishing blooms of microscopic marine life in the otherwise barren open ocean.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In fact, it\u2019s the life \u2014 mostly plankton \u2014 inside this eddy that is giving it this bright blue color.<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail reports that the\u00a0eddy is moving<\/a> in a counter-clockwise direction and most likely stemmed from the Agulhas Current, which flows near the southeastern African coast and around South Africa. Live Science says that eddies from the Agulhas Current<\/a> are often the largest in the world.<\/p>\n

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by Liz\u00a0Klimas
\nWhat we may call a huge underwater vortex, scientists call an eddy \u2014 and a satellite spotted a huge one off the coast of Africa just before the new year.
\nNew Scientist reports that NASA\u2019s Terra satellite caught the 90-mile-wide, blue, swirling mass in late December and NASA released the photos last week. But there is and was no need to worry, even though its size rivals that of many a tropical storm. New Scientist states that unlike above water cyclones, eddies actually create a nutritious, underwater haven:
\n[…] these ocean whirlwinds draw nutrients up from the deep, nourishing blooms of microscopic marine life in the otherwise barren open ocean.
\nIn fact, it\u2019s the life \u2014 mostly plankton \u2014 inside this eddy that is giving it this bright blue color.
\nThe Daily Mail reports that the\u00a0eddy is moving in a counter-clockwise direction and most likely stemmed from the Agulhas Current, which flows …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ocean","category-report"],"yoast_head":"\nSee the 90-Mile-Wide Storm Brewing Underwater - Divetalking<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Divetalking\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=5741\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"See the 90-Mile-Wide Storm Brewing Underwater\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Divetalking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=5741\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Divetalking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Divetalking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-02-23T19:07:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/userphoto\/elizabeth-klimas.thumbnail.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=5741#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=5741\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/02d5721103fd9d171fcc8cfb74d80947\"},\"headline\":\"See the 90-Mile-Wide Storm Brewing Underwater\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-02-23T19:07:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=5741\"},\"wordCount\":205,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=5741#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.theblaze.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/userphoto\\\/elizabeth-klimas.thumbnail.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"ocean\",\"Report\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=5741\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=5741\",\"name\":\"See the 90-Mile-Wide Storm Brewing Underwater - 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