I was looking at the National Hurricane Center website this morning and saw a tropical disturbance in the gulf referred to as a “gyre.” I’d not seen that term before so I had to look it up:
“In oceanography, a gyre is any large system of circulating ocean currents, particularly those involved with large wind movements. Gyres are caused by the Coriolis effect; planetary vorticity along with horizontal and vertical friction, determine the circulation patterns from the wind stress curl.”
Wow…science and vocabulary in one lesson!
Monte Stevens
Wow on science and Wow on the image!
Tom Dills
🙂
John Linn
Great illustration of the word… never seen a plant like that! Nice image.
Tom Dills
Thanks, John. I wish I could tell you what that plant is, but I have no idea!
Earl
Rex Begonias, Begonia ‘Escargo’ Silver Variegated
” https://www.thespruce.com/rex-begonias-1403155 “
Tom Dills
Thanks, Earl. I was too lazy to look it up myself. 🙂 Interestingly your comment was originally tagged as spam, likely because of the link. All good now!
Markus
Fine image, Tom – perfect framing of a group of perfect plants.
Tom Dills
Thank you, Markus.