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Giant "Current Rings" Found in the South Atlantic

"The researchers found these structures are about 250 miles (400 kilometers) wide, "which makes them the biggest such eddies in the oceans," said researcher William Johns, a physical oceanographer at the University of Miami." - excerpt from from article on Mother Nature Network.

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