These Pretty Vortices

[PCWilliams]

Found these pictures and thought they could be very useful here at Metabunk.

http://gizmodo.com/these-pretty-vortices-make-this-super-hercules-a-magica-1694724850

 

[Whitebeard]

wow, love that one

 

[PCWilliams]

There are quite a few good ones in there.

 

[Trailspotter]

wow, love that one

Me too. Reminded me a sister plane flying by my office window:

 

[Mick West]

Somewhat a semantic clarification, but the large helix shape is not really a vortex, the actual vortices are very thin (tip vortices), and essentially in the white lines. These are photos of propellor tip vortices tracing quadruple helixes in a moving air mass.

The tip vortices are the pink rope-like lines here:
https://www.nas.nasa.gov/SC12/gallery.html

 

[MikeC]

You have to look closely, but they're most clearly visible just behind the starboard engine - Flight's archive

 

[MikeC]

Not my photo and can't find a copy online - but the source is attributed