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Cane Creek, Van Buren County, Tennessee, United States of America

Latitude: 35° 48' 42'' N

Longitude: 85° 26' 29'' W

05 September 2010 0806 (Local Time)

Image P/S code: P.11.3.5

Image I.D.: 5462

Steam devils in steam fog/evaporation fog
In this picture, several steam devil vortices are seen at 1, 2, 3 and 4 rising from evaporation fog over a small river. Steam devils are small, gently whirling columns of saturated air of varying height, with a small diameter and approximately vertical axis, that form when cold air is over a relatively much warmer body of water or saturated surface. Steam devils are typically seen in association with evaporation fog (steam fog or Arctic sea smoke). The vortices are about 1 m in diameter and several metres high.
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© Kristen Bobo
Cane Creek, Van Buren County, Tennessee, United States of America
Latitude: 35° 48' 42'' N
Longitude: 85° 26' 29'' W
05 September 2010 0806 (Local Time)

Image P/S code: P.11.3.5
Image I.D.: 5462
Steam devil rising from evaporation fog/steam fog
A steam devil rises above evaporation fog over a small river.

A steam devil is a small, gently whirling column of saturated air of varying height, with a small diameter and approximately vertical axis, that forms when cold air is over a relatively much warmer body of water or saturated surface. Steam devils are typically seen in association with evaporation fog (steam fog or Arctic sea smoke). They are typically about 1 m in diameter and several metres high.
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© Kristen Bobo
Cane Creek, Van Buren County, Tennessee, United States of America
Latitude: 35° 48' 42'' N
Longitude: 85° 26' 29'' W
05 September 2010 0807 (Local Time)

Image P/S code: S.11.3.5
Image I.D.: 5461
Steam devil and steam fog/Arctic sea smoke
This steam devil appears as a vortex rising above steam fog, or Arctic sea smoke, that formed off the north-west coast of Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada.

Steam devils are small, gently whirling columns of saturated air of varying height, with a small diameter and approximately vertical axis, that form when cold air is over a relatively much warmer body of water or saturated surface. In this case, the air temperature was around -14 °C, while the water temperature of the Bay of Fundy was approximately 8 °C.
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© Eric Van Lochem
Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Canada
Latitude: 44° 42' 47'' N
Longitude: 66° 47' 46'' W
09 January 2017 1330 (Local Time)

Camera direction: towards W
Image P/S code: S.11.3.5
Image I.D.: 5511

Steam devils in steam fog/evaporation fog

Steam devil rising from evaporation fog/steam fog

Steam devil and steam fog/Arctic sea smoke