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Hurricane Isabel starfish eye
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) image of Hurricane Isabel at 1315 UTC 12 Sep 2003. The ``starfish' pattern in the eye is caused by the presence of six mesovortices - one near the eye center and five surrounding it.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison, Space Science Engineering Center, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)
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