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Chilean coast in the South Pacific Ocean. The flow of atmospheric air over obstacles such as islands can cause visible vortex streets when a cloud layer is present at a certain altitude. It can reach a length of more than 400 kilometres (250 miles) from the obstacle in such cases, with a
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of a fluid around blunt bodies. It is named after the
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