The word swastika comes from the Sanskrit svastika - su meaning good, asti meaning to be, and ka as a suffix. Until the Nazis used this symbol, the swastika was used by many cultures throughout the past 3,000 years to represent life, sun, power, strength, and good luck.
The Gulf Stream is a river in the deep sea, straits of Florida, in the Atlantic Ocean that is formed by warm currents leaving the Gulf of Mexico and squeezed between Cuba and the Florida keys. This Current builds amazing speed east of the keys about 20 miles off shore and runs North.
The Gulf Streamthe second largest ocean current, after the Antarctic Circumpolar Current The Gulf Stream has its source in the warm waters of the eastern part of the Gulf of Mexico.These waters pass through the Straits of Florida to become the Gulf Stream, which flows northeastward from approximately Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, across the Atlantic toward Europe.At its greatest the Gulf Stream is approximately 100 miles wide and several hundred feet deep -- far larger than any river on earth.he Gulf Streamthe second largest ocean current, after the Antarctic Circumpolar Current The Gulf Stream has its source in the warm waters of the eastern part of the Gulf of Mexico.