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Satellite Images Show Polar Vortex Bringing Icy Chaos to US

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Satellites orbiting Earth have captured the effects of a "polar vortex" on camera.

One image shows how a blanket of ice and snow has smothered a huge area stretching across the mid-Atlantic states.

The vortex is an enormous ring of powerful winds spinning above the North Pole .

Forecasters have warned that the weather pattern will continue to affect the U.S. and Canada for the rest of January .