Anthony Howe is a kinetic sculptor who creates wind-driven sculptures resembling pulsing, alien creatures and vortices. This one is in downtown Montreal.
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September 5, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Anthony Howe is a kinetic sculptor who creates wind-driven sculptures resembling pulsing, alien creatures and vortices. This one is in downtown Montreal.
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Gentle Cream Vortices
February 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Gentle Cream Vortices
Mesmerizing counter-rotating vortices produced by a burning incense stick.
Credit: ALoBoi_Music/reddit
Credit: ALoBoi_Music/reddit
October 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Mesmerizing counter-rotating vortices produced by a burning incense stick.
Credit: ALoBoi_Music/reddit
Credit: ALoBoi_Music/reddit
The Canary Islands enveloped in dust as waves and vortices swirl off of them.
A fascinating, complex view.
A fascinating, complex view.
March 31, 2026 at 10:02 PM
The Canary Islands enveloped in dust as waves and vortices swirl off of them.
A fascinating, complex view.
A fascinating, complex view.
Required skills: 5 years experience with torment vortices
January 31, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Required skills: 5 years experience with torment vortices
An owl gliding through a cloud of helium-filled soap bubbles reveals wingtip and tail vortices.
Credit: Usherwood et al.
Credit: Usherwood et al.
October 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
An owl gliding through a cloud of helium-filled soap bubbles reveals wingtip and tail vortices.
Credit: Usherwood et al.
Credit: Usherwood et al.
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 300
The back and forth motion of bumblebee wings create vortices in the air like tiny hurricanes, the eyes of which have lower pressure than the surrounding air, and keeping those eddies of air above the wings helps #bees stay aloft.
#bumblebees
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 300
The back and forth motion of bumblebee wings create vortices in the air like tiny hurricanes, the eyes of which have lower pressure than the surrounding air, and keeping those eddies of air above the wings helps #bees stay aloft.
#bumblebees
April 5, 2026 at 11:24 PM
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 300
The back and forth motion of bumblebee wings create vortices in the air like tiny hurricanes, the eyes of which have lower pressure than the surrounding air, and keeping those eddies of air above the wings helps #bees stay aloft.
#bumblebees
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 300
The back and forth motion of bumblebee wings create vortices in the air like tiny hurricanes, the eyes of which have lower pressure than the surrounding air, and keeping those eddies of air above the wings helps #bees stay aloft.
#bumblebees
Gorgeous von Karman vortices slithering off of Guadalupe Island.
June 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Gorgeous von Karman vortices slithering off of Guadalupe Island.
Visualizing wingtip vortices
October 28, 2024 at 3:46 AM
Visualizing wingtip vortices
Beautiful von Kármán vortices whorl over the East China Sea.
February 18, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Beautiful von Kármán vortices whorl over the East China Sea.
This place could use a chunky dose of delicious satellite imagery.
So here are some of my favorites I've shared over the years.
Impossible to not start with the unbeatable, the epic...
von Karman vortices
So here are some of my favorites I've shared over the years.
Impossible to not start with the unbeatable, the epic...
von Karman vortices
November 19, 2024 at 2:41 AM
This place could use a chunky dose of delicious satellite imagery.
So here are some of my favorites I've shared over the years.
Impossible to not start with the unbeatable, the epic...
von Karman vortices
So here are some of my favorites I've shared over the years.
Impossible to not start with the unbeatable, the epic...
von Karman vortices
You know 'em, you love 'em...
The unbeatable and beautiful von Karman vortices.
The unbeatable and beautiful von Karman vortices.
May 11, 2026 at 10:08 PM
You know 'em, you love 'em...
The unbeatable and beautiful von Karman vortices.
The unbeatable and beautiful von Karman vortices.
Ground Effect
https://xkcd.com/3305/
Runners looking for aerodynamic advantage typically wear sneakers because some fancy dress shoes can create wingtip vortices.
Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3305
https://xkcd.com/3305/
Runners looking for aerodynamic advantage typically wear sneakers because some fancy dress shoes can create wingtip vortices.
Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3305
October 1, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Ground Effect
https://xkcd.com/3305/
Runners looking for aerodynamic advantage typically wear sneakers because some fancy dress shoes can create wingtip vortices.
Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3305
https://xkcd.com/3305/
Runners looking for aerodynamic advantage typically wear sneakers because some fancy dress shoes can create wingtip vortices.
Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3305
Day 16 #ArtAdventCalendar • This swirling image, heart vortices (2016), is a representation of the movements made by the heart. #SciArt #anatomy #embroidery #MedSky 🐡🧪🧶
December 16, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Day 16 #ArtAdventCalendar • This swirling image, heart vortices (2016), is a representation of the movements made by the heart. #SciArt #anatomy #embroidery #MedSky 🐡🧪🧶
with weirdness vortices in it
February 8, 2024 at 12:25 AM
with weirdness vortices in it
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vortices from above my home
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vortices from above my home
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April 24, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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vortices from above my home
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vortices from above my home
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Spectacular von Kármán vortices spiral off of Guadalupe Island.
June 16, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Spectacular von Kármán vortices spiral off of Guadalupe Island.
Hypnotic von Kármán vortices cascade off of Guadalupe Island, swirling over the eastern Pacific Ocean.
July 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Hypnotic von Kármán vortices cascade off of Guadalupe Island, swirling over the eastern Pacific Ocean.
The creases & folds, the vortices, tints & glitter, shadows, reflections, the murmuring.
Stillness is found in the study of a river.
#rivers
#naturewriting
Stillness is found in the study of a river.
#rivers
#naturewriting
November 26, 2024 at 4:24 PM
The creases & folds, the vortices, tints & glitter, shadows, reflections, the murmuring.
Stillness is found in the study of a river.
#rivers
#naturewriting
Stillness is found in the study of a river.
#rivers
#naturewriting
I have seen maybe 7 horseshoe vortices today but this one was the coolest
June 13, 2026 at 8:01 PM
I have seen maybe 7 horseshoe vortices today but this one was the coolest
Jingoists who equate inconvenience with tyranny think Mexico and Canada will fold first?
Mexican parents brave unspeakable perils to give their children a better future.
Canadians wear shorts in polar vortices.
Texans are terrified of $3 gas and avocado toast.
Mexican parents brave unspeakable perils to give their children a better future.
Canadians wear shorts in polar vortices.
Texans are terrified of $3 gas and avocado toast.
February 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Jingoists who equate inconvenience with tyranny think Mexico and Canada will fold first?
Mexican parents brave unspeakable perils to give their children a better future.
Canadians wear shorts in polar vortices.
Texans are terrified of $3 gas and avocado toast.
Mexican parents brave unspeakable perils to give their children a better future.
Canadians wear shorts in polar vortices.
Texans are terrified of $3 gas and avocado toast.
von Karman vortices are legitimately one of the coolest things our Earth creates.
These gorgeous swirls formed off of Guadalupe Island earlier this week.
Watch these wondrous whirls go.
These gorgeous swirls formed off of Guadalupe Island earlier this week.
Watch these wondrous whirls go.
May 20, 2026 at 8:28 PM
von Karman vortices are legitimately one of the coolest things our Earth creates.
These gorgeous swirls formed off of Guadalupe Island earlier this week.
Watch these wondrous whirls go.
These gorgeous swirls formed off of Guadalupe Island earlier this week.
Watch these wondrous whirls go.