C-130 takes off with propeller vortices

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- A C-130 Hercules from the 36th Airlift Squadron leaves propeller tip vortices in its wake as it takes off from Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 22, 2013. Propeller tip vortices, which look like a series of corkscrews, are caused by condensing moisture coming off the tips of propeller as they spin through humid air. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo)

PHOTO BY: osakabe yasuo
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