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DescriptionLine integral convolution visualisation (color).png
English: Line integral convolution (LIC) visualization of a vector field defined by a number of vortices and sinks. Color hue denotes velocity.
Generated using Jarke J. van Wijk's image based flow tool, http://www.win.tue.nl/~vanwijk/ibfv/
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