#PhotoOfTheDay: A Sea of Spinning Clouds

Icy, isolated Peter I Island stirred up a show in the atmosphere off the West Antarctic coast.

Intrepid sailors termed these southern latitudes the Roaring Forties, Furious Fifties, and Screaming Sixties on account of the strong prevailing winds.

https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/a-sea-of-spinning-clouds/