Eddy in Lake Michigan
![GOES-16 Visible (0.64 µm) images, with hourly surface and ship reports plotted in yellow [click to play animation]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/04/170408_goes16_visible_Lake_Michigan_eddy_anim.gif)
GOES-16 Visible (0.64 µm) images, with hourly surface and ship reports plotted in yellow [click to play animation]
GOES-16 Visible (0.64 µm) images (above) revealed the presence of an eddy in the high-turbidity nearshore waters of southern Lake Michigan on 08 April 2017. The animation was created using 5-minute “CONUS” Sector images; an animation using 1-minute Mesoscale Sector images is available here.
A sequence of Terra and Aqua MODIS true-color Red/Green/Blue (RGB) images viewed using RealEarth (below) showed that the eddy began to develop on 07 April.
![Terra and Aqua MODIS true-color RGB images from 07 and 08 April [click to enlarge]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/04/170407-08_viirs_truecolor_Lake_Michigan_eddy_anim.gif)
Terra and Aqua MODIS true-color RGB images from 07 and 08 April [click to enlarge]