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Credit: Subaru Telescope
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Katabatic Winds Deep Space Credit: Subaru TelescopeOn February 24, 2009, cold northerly winds (perhaps Katabatic winds from Greenland) encountered moist air over the Greenland Sea, and their meeting generated dozens of parallel rows of clouds, commonly called cloud streets, in the skies around the island of Jan Mayen. The island added its own influence to the weather, creating an obstacle to the prevailing winds. Like water in a stream as it flows around a boulder, the wind diverged on the north side
