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STS099-703-7
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Socorro Island Wake Cloud Pattern: A distinct cumulus cloud pattern marks the an island wake within a weak northerly wind field in the vicinity of Isla Socorro, south of the Baja Peninsula of Mexico. A smaller companion island, San Benedicto, is visible to the north-northeast. Socorro rises to just over 3,400 feet and disrupts the winds which apparently are not strong or persistent enough to form closed vortices.

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