From physical law...
Take a tennis ball...

hit the ball...

Physical laws tell you the trajectory: a nice parabola!

Warning :
Is this also true for flow? (atmosphere, ocean,...)
Look at this...

Warning :
Is it an observation or a numerical result?
Fundamental :
This is the numerical solution of the 2D Navier-Stokes equation!

Complement :

Same kind of structures
Same kind of filaments
