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https://www.europesays.com/people/83940/ Peter Thiel is leading investment in an ocean data center powered by waves—and the startup is reportedly worth $1 billion #DataCenters #EnergyInfrastructure #OceanWaves #Panthalassa #PeterThiel #SeasteadingInstitute #TheOceanFrontier

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

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

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

“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

“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.
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#deepcalmsounds, #relaxationsounds, #sleepsounds, #rain sounds, #thundersounds, #oceanwaves, #fireplacesounds, #catpurring

Seemingly calm day

#WavyWednesday #OceanWaves

Seemingly calm day

#WavyWednesday #OceanWaves

Seemingly calm day

#WavyWednesday #OceanWaves

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Salt and Shelter at the Surf Shack by Joseph S Giacalone

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

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Salt and Shelter at the Surf Shack by Joseph S Giacalone

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

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Salt and Shelter at the Surf Shack by Joseph S Giacalone

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

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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.

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

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

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

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=

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=

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=

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=

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

In 1939, Carl-Gustaf Rossby described the large ocean waves that move east to west. #Poetry #Science #History #Oceanography #OceanWaves #Rossby (https://sharpgiving.com/Sharp/thebookofscience/items/p1939c.html)

In 1939, Carl-Gustaf Rossby described the large ocean waves that move east to west. #Poetry #Science #History #Oceanography #OceanWaves #Rossby (https://sharpgiving.com/Sharp/thebookofscience/items/p1939c.html)

In 1939, Carl-Gustaf Rossby described the large ocean waves that move east to west. #Poetry #Science #History #Oceanography #OceanWaves #Rossby (https://sharpgiving.com/Sharp/thebookofscience/items/p1939c.html)

In 1939, Carl-Gustaf Rossby described the large ocean waves that move east to west. #Poetry #Science #History #Oceanography #OceanWaves #Rossby (https://sharpgiving.com/Sharp/thebookofscience/items/p1939c.html)

In 1939, Carl-Gustaf Rossby described the large ocean waves that move east to west. #Poetry #Science #History #Oceanography #OceanWaves #Rossby (https://sharpgiving.com/Sharp/thebookofscience/items/p1939c.html)

A Rough Day

Winds from the north made for wild conditions at Nazaré in Portugal. Photographer Ben Thouard caught these crashing waves in the late afternoon, when the low sun angle illuminated the spray of the surf. Every year teratons of salt and biomass move from the ocean to the atmosphere, much of it through turbulent wave action driven by the wind. Here, the wind rips droplets off of wave crests, but smaller droplets reach the atmosphere when bubbles–trapped underwater by crashing waves–reach the surface and burst. (Image credit: B. Thouard/OPOTY; via Colossal)

#fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #ocean #oceanWaves #physics #science #turbulence

A Rough Day

Winds from the north made for wild conditions at Nazaré in Portugal. Photographer Ben Thouard caught these crashing waves in the late afternoon, when the low sun angle illuminated the spray of the surf. Every year teratons of salt and biomass move from the ocean to the atmosphere, much of it through turbulent wave action driven by the wind. Here, the wind rips droplets off of wave crests, but smaller droplets reach the atmosphere when bubbles–trapped underwater by crashing waves–reach the surface and burst. (Image credit: B. Thouard/OPOTY; via Colossal)

#fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #ocean #oceanWaves #physics #science #turbulence

A Rough Day

Winds from the north made for wild conditions at Nazaré in Portugal. Photographer Ben Thouard caught these crashing waves in the late afternoon, when the low sun angle illuminated the spray of the surf. Every year teratons of salt and biomass move from the ocean to the atmosphere, much of it through turbulent wave action driven by the wind. Here, the wind rips droplets off of wave crests, but smaller droplets reach the atmosphere when bubbles–trapped underwater by crashing waves–reach the surface and burst. (Image credit: B. Thouard/OPOTY; via Colossal)

#fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #ocean #oceanWaves #physics #science #turbulence

A Rough Day

Winds from the north made for wild conditions at Nazaré in Portugal. Photographer Ben Thouard caught these crashing waves in the late afternoon, when the low sun angle illuminated the spray of the surf. Every year teratons of salt and biomass move from the ocean to the atmosphere, much of it through turbulent wave action driven by the wind. Here, the wind rips droplets off of wave crests, but smaller droplets reach the atmosphere when bubbles–trapped underwater by crashing waves–reach the surface and burst. (Image credit: B. Thouard/OPOTY; via Colossal)

#fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #ocean #oceanWaves #physics #science #turbulence

A Rough Day

Winds from the north made for wild conditions at Nazaré in Portugal. Photographer Ben Thouard caught these crashing waves in the late afternoon, when the low sun angle illuminated the spray of the surf. Every year teratons of salt and biomass move from the ocean to the atmosphere, much of it through turbulent wave action driven by the wind. Here, the wind rips droplets off of wave crests, but smaller droplets reach the atmosphere when bubbles–trapped underwater by crashing waves–reach the surface and burst. (Image credit: B. Thouard/OPOTY; via Colossal)

#fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #ocean #oceanWaves #physics #science #turbulence

8 Seconds of Ocean Calm

#oceanwaves #seascape #calm #sleeptube #water