#ocean-waves — Public Fediverse posts

Where ancient stone meets relentless surf.

Elliston, South Australia.

© All Rights Reserved by Kev Peirce.

#Photo #Photography #Australia #SouthAustralia #OceanWaves #Coastal #Seascape #EyrePeninsula

Where ancient stone meets relentless surf.

Elliston, South Australia.

© All Rights Reserved by Kev Peirce.

#Photo #Photography #Australia #SouthAustralia #OceanWaves #Coastal #Seascape #EyrePeninsula

Waves roll gently onto a wide, sandy beach backed by low cliffs, with a small cluster of houses nestled into the distant hillside. The winter light casts a soft glow across the water, highlighting the #OceanWaves beneath a sky filled with #DramaticSkies. Popular with walkers and photographers, the area offers serene #CoastalViews perfect for #SeascapePhotography during the quieter, colder months. The tranquil #WinterBeach atmosphere is only interrupted by the rhythmic crash of the tide against the shore.

Taken Dec 2024

#ShotOniPhone #UKCountryPic #Photography #MastoGPT #CoastalViews #SeascapePhotography #WinterBeach #DramaticSkies #OceanWaves #RoyalAlbertDrive #NorthYorkshire #England #UnitedKingdom

Waves roll gently onto a wide, sandy beach backed by low cliffs, with a small cluster of houses nestled into the distant hillside. The winter light casts a soft glow across the water, highlighting the #OceanWaves beneath a sky filled with #DramaticSkies. Popular with walkers and photographers, the area offers serene #CoastalViews perfect for #SeascapePhotography during the quieter, colder months. The tranquil #WinterBeach atmosphere is only interrupted by the rhythmic crash of the tide against the shore.

Taken Dec 2024

#ShotOniPhone #UKCountryPic #Photography #MastoGPT #CoastalViews #SeascapePhotography #WinterBeach #DramaticSkies #OceanWaves #RoyalAlbertDrive #NorthYorkshire #England #UnitedKingdom

Where Waves Carry Plastics

The classic theory of steady wave motion predicts a phenomenon called Stokes drift, in which particles spread horizontally in the direction of wave travel. That means that something like microplastics will drift in the direction that waves are traveling. But in the real world, ocean waves aren’t quite so neat and unchanging. A new study looks at what happens when waves are decaying in strength–in other words, what happens in our world when the wind dies down.

In those circumstances, the researchers found that particles did not just drift horizontally–they drifted vertically, too. Further, how much a particle drifts vertically depends on its initial depth. Since plastics vary in their buoyancy–and can be found in varying numbers and sizes throughout the upper layer of the ocean–this mechanism could significantly affect how waves mix and transport pollution. (Image credit: N. Jensen; research credit: T. Izawa et al.; via Physics World)

Where Waves Carry Plastics

The classic theory of steady wave motion predicts a phenomenon called Stokes drift, in which particles spread horizontally in the direction of wave travel. That means that something like microplastics will drift in the direction that waves are traveling. But in the real world, ocean waves aren’t quite so neat and unchanging. A new study looks at what happens when waves are decaying in strength–in other words, what happens in our world when the wind dies down.

In those circumstances, the researchers found that particles did not just drift horizontally–they drifted vertically, too. Further, how much a particle drifts vertically depends on its initial depth. Since plastics vary in their buoyancy–and can be found in varying numbers and sizes throughout the upper layer of the ocean–this mechanism could significantly affect how waves mix and transport pollution. (Image credit: N. Jensen; research credit: T. Izawa et al.; via Physics World)

Pacific Surf

Life in Venice Beach lends itself to wave-watching, or so it seems for photographer Craig Hubbard. His portraits of waves and surfers are ethereal, every swell capped by a cloud-like swath of spray. Somehow, every photographer seems to capture breaking waves a little differently! (Image credit: C. Hubbard; via Colossal)

Pacific Surf

Life in Venice Beach lends itself to wave-watching, or so it seems for photographer Craig Hubbard. His portraits of waves and surfers are ethereal, every swell capped by a cloud-like swath of spray. Somehow, every photographer seems to capture breaking waves a little differently! (Image credit: C. Hubbard; via Colossal)

Vielleicht helfen folgenden akustischen Wasser-Szenarien zur Kühlung an diesem Tag / Perhaps the following acoustic water scenarios will help to cool down on this day;

Baltic Sea Beach:

https://www.silberspur.de/topics/sounds/zeit-bild-ton-1a.mp3

Beach in Kerala / India:

https://www.silberspur.de/topics/sounds/zeit-bild-ton-1.mp3

River sounds of the Wutach / Black Forest:

https://www.silberspur.de/topics/sounds/wutach.mp3

#CoolDown #SummerHeat #WaterSounds #BalticSea #KeralaBeach #BlackForest #Wutach #NatureSounds #Relaxation #Meditation #Soundscapes #OceanWaves #RiverSounds

Vielleicht helfen folgenden akustischen Wasser-Szenarien zur Kühlung an diesem Tag / Perhaps the following acoustic water scenarios will help to cool down on this day;

Baltic Sea Beach:

https://www.silberspur.de/topics/sounds/zeit-bild-ton-1a.mp3

Beach in Kerala / India:

https://www.silberspur.de/topics/sounds/zeit-bild-ton-1.mp3

River sounds of the Wutach / Black Forest:

https://www.silberspur.de/topics/sounds/wutach.mp3

#CoolDown #SummerHeat #WaterSounds #BalticSea #KeralaBeach #BlackForest #Wutach #NatureSounds #Relaxation #Meditation #Soundscapes #OceanWaves #RiverSounds

#TextureTuesday #digitalphotography #wavy #pacificocean #photomanipulation #multipleexposure #fire #water #oceanwaves #flames #lights #trees #poles #photocollage #photomontage #surreal #nogenerativeai

Fire & Water

#TextureTuesday #digitalphotography #wavy #pacificocean #photomanipulation #multipleexposure #fire #water #oceanwaves #flames #lights #trees #poles #photocollage #photomontage #surreal #nogenerativeai

Fire & Water

Antarctic Sea Ice Under Wave's Influence: A Shifting Paradigm

Ocean waves are changing Antarctic sea ice. Learn how this affects ice breakup and retreat.

#AntarcticSeaIce, #OceanWaves, #ClimateChange, #PolarScience, #SeaIceDynamics

https://newsletter.tf/antarctic-sea-ice-changes-due-ocean-waves/

Antarctic Sea Ice Under Wave's Influence: A Shifting Paradigm

Ocean waves are changing Antarctic sea ice. Learn how this affects ice breakup and retreat.

#AntarcticSeaIce, #OceanWaves, #ClimateChange, #PolarScience, #SeaIceDynamics

https://newsletter.tf/antarctic-sea-ice-changes-due-ocean-waves/

Ocean waves are breaking up Antarctic sea ice more than we thought. This is changing the ice edge.

#AntarcticSeaIce, #OceanWaves, #ClimateChange, #PolarScience, #SeaIceDynamics
https://newsletter.tf/antarctic-sea-ice-changes-due-ocean-waves/

Ocean waves are breaking up Antarctic sea ice more than we thought. This is changing the ice edge.

#AntarcticSeaIce, #OceanWaves, #ClimateChange, #PolarScience, #SeaIceDynamics
https://newsletter.tf/antarctic-sea-ice-changes-due-ocean-waves/

Waves on Other Planets

On Earth, most waves form when wind blows across the water. The shear and added energy from the wind ripples the surface, eventually building up waves (through the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability). The same process should happen anywhere else where wind and open liquid surfaces meet–even on other planets. To explore this, researchers built a new model, PlanetWaves, that predicts the waves based on a planet’s gravity, atmospheric conditions, and the density, viscosity, and surface tension of its surface liquid.

After validating the model with conditions on Earth, the team explored wave conditions for Titan, ancient Mars, and several exoplanets. They found that Titan’s lighter gravity and liquid ethane (which is less dense than water) combined to make waves on Titan much taller than those generated at the same wind speed on Earth (top image). You can watch them in action in the video below. Standing in a light breeze on Titan, you’d watch giant 3-meter waves rolling in.

The team also found that waves on Mars would have gotten shorter as Mars lost its atmosphere and the air pressure dropped. Over time, the same wind speed would have elicited smaller and smaller waves. Wave action has a big effect on a landscape’s erosion, so understanding how waves look on other planets will help us parse their geography. (Video, image, and research credit: U. Schneck et al.; via MIT News; submitted by Joseph S.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kECVsTTetM

Waves on Other Planets

On Earth, most waves form when wind blows across the water. The shear and added energy from the wind ripples the surface, eventually building up waves (through the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability). The same process should happen anywhere else where wind and open liquid surfaces meet–even on other planets. To explore this, researchers built a new model, PlanetWaves, that predicts the waves based on a planet’s gravity, atmospheric conditions, and the density, viscosity, and surface tension of its surface liquid.

After validating the model with conditions on Earth, the team explored wave conditions for Titan, ancient Mars, and several exoplanets. They found that Titan’s lighter gravity and liquid ethane (which is less dense than water) combined to make waves on Titan much taller than those generated at the same wind speed on Earth (top image). You can watch them in action in the video below. Standing in a light breeze on Titan, you’d watch giant 3-meter waves rolling in.

The team also found that waves on Mars would have gotten shorter as Mars lost its atmosphere and the air pressure dropped. Over time, the same wind speed would have elicited smaller and smaller waves. Wave action has a big effect on a landscape’s erosion, so understanding how waves look on other planets will help us parse their geography. (Video, image, and research credit: U. Schneck et al.; via MIT News; submitted by Joseph S.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kECVsTTetM

“Frozen Waves”

Photographer Jan Erik Waider is a master of capturing incredible landscape imagery. In these videos, he uses a drone to film waves in the Baltic Sea gently undulating polygonal slabs of ice on the ocean surface. The interplay of light, color, and motion looks almost surreal, but nature is better than we credit at making imagery too good to look away from. (Video and image credit: J. Waider/NorthLandscapes; via Colossal)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JQaZaUSS0E

“Frozen Waves”

Photographer Jan Erik Waider is a master of capturing incredible landscape imagery. In these videos, he uses a drone to film waves in the Baltic Sea gently undulating polygonal slabs of ice on the ocean surface. The interplay of light, color, and motion looks almost surreal, but nature is better than we credit at making imagery too good to look away from. (Video and image credit: J. Waider/NorthLandscapes; via Colossal)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JQaZaUSS0E

Deep Calm Sounds is a space for relaxation, stress relief, and deep sleep. Here you’ll find calming soundscapes — rain, thunder, ocean waves, fireplace, cat purring, and ambient tones — designed to help you slow down, reduce anxiety, and rest deeply. Perfect for sleep, focus, meditation, or simply taking a pause. Press play and breathe.
https://www.youtube.com/@DeepCalm-ps
#deepcalmsounds, #relaxationsounds, #sleepsounds, #rain sounds, #thundersounds, #oceanwaves, #fireplacesounds, #catpurring

Seemingly calm day

#WavyWednesday #OceanWaves

Fine Art/Wall Art Prints Ship Worldwide: https://joegiacaloneart.pixels.com/featured/salt-and-shelter-at-the-surf-shack-joseph-s-giacalone.html

Salt and Shelter at the Surf Shack by Joseph S Giacalone

#LaJolla #WindanseaBeach #BlackAndWhite #Seascape #FineArtPhotography #SurfShack #OceanWaves #LongExposure #CoastalArt #WallArt #BuyIntoArt

I shot these steps at Windansea, following worn wood down to the surf. It presents the clash of calm sky and surging water, the stairs pulling your gaze toward the raw meeting of rock and wave.

Fine Art/Wall Art Prints Ship Worldwide: https://joegiacaloneart.pixels.com/featured/steps-to-the-roaring-edge-of-the-pacific-windansea-beach-sunrise-joseph-s-giacalone.html

#WindanseaBeach #LaJolla #CoastalPhotography #Seascape #OceanArt #FineArtPhotography #WallArt #CaliforniaCoast #PacificOcean #OceanWaves #BeachStairs #NaturePhotography

Abide in His Light (Christian Music) = Just shared: A powerful Christian melody 🎶 - #God #Jesus #TheLord #Praise #ChristianMusic #Bible #Music #Song #ChristianYouthGathering #OpenBible #GroupPrayer #YoungPeopleSinging #ReflectionInPrayer #CrossSilhouette #GuitarInWorship #MountainLandscape #MeditativeSolitude #FaithfulJourney #OceanWaves #VibrantCommunity #ContemplativeSmiles #HeartfeltConversation #PeacefulGreenery - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Guided by Grace (Christian Music) = Just dropped a spirit-filled song 🙌 for Jesus! - #God #Jesus #TheLord #Praise #ChristianMusic #Bible #Music #Song #YouthPrayer #ChristianFaith #PeacefulNature #WorshipHands #GroupPrayer #OpenBible #FaithJourney #DivineLight #CalmForest #OceanWaves #SunriseWorship #MountainTop #SereneLake #HappyChurchgoers #BibleStudy #HopefulSunrise #WorshipBand #SpiritualReflection #YouthGroup #CommunityGathering - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Testing Structures Against Hurricane Storm Surge

When hurricanes hit coasts, they bring with them incredible storm surge, which puts buildings right in the middle of ocean waves. To understand how to better protect against those conditions, engineers use facilities like the Directional Wave Basin to create smaller-scale versions of hurricanes. In this Practical Engineering video, Grady visited during a test that compared two identical one-third-scale houses subjected to the same storm conditions–except that one house had an additional foot (3ft at real-scale) of elevation. The results are pretty spectacular.

This isn’t a short video, but it’s well-worth a watch. I think Grady does a great job of explaining why engineers need (admittedly) expensive facilities like this one to help guide both engineering and regulatory decisions. (Video and image credit: Practical Engineering)

Testing Structures Against Hurricane Storm Surge

When hurricanes hit coasts, they bring with them incredible storm surge, which puts buildings right in the middle of ocean waves. To understand how to better protect against those conditions, engineers use facilities like the Directional Wave Basin to create smaller-scale versions of hurricanes. In this Practical Engineering video, Grady visited during a test that compared two identical one-third-scale houses subjected to the same storm conditions–except that one house had an additional foot (3ft at real-scale) of elevation. The results are pretty spectacular.

This isn’t a short video, but it’s well-worth a watch. I think Grady does a great job of explaining why engineers need (admittedly) expensive facilities like this one to help guide both engineering and regulatory decisions. (Video and image credit: Practical Engineering)

Radiant Waves

Photographer Kevin Krautgartner captures the powerful waves of Western Australia from above. His latest series, Waves | Ocean Forces, features luminous turquoise waves, crystalline foam, and brilliant beaches. I could delight in staring at them for hours. Fortunately, he sells prints on his website! (Image credit: K. Krautgartner; via Colossal)