Two large warm water eddies are swirling to the north of the Gulf Stream current in this satellite image recorded with the AVHRR sensor (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) aboard a NOAA satellite on June 11, 1997. Blue colors indicate cooler water, while yellow and orange colors indicate warmer water.
Courtesy of the Ocean Remote Sensing Group, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Two large warm water eddies are swirling to the north of the Gulf Stream current in this satellite image recorded with the AVHRR sensor (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) aboard a NOAA satellite on June 11, 1997. Blue colors indicate cooler water, while yellow and orange colors indicate warmer water.
Courtesy of the Ocean Remote Sensing Group, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Two large warm water eddies are swirling to the north of the Gulf Stream current in this satellite image. Blue colors show cooler water, while yellow and orange colors show warmer water.
Courtesy of the Ocean Remote Sensing Group, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

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