• Awoo [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    Sometimes the wave mechanics get really funky and form a rogue trough, which is literally an 80 - 120+ foot deep trench zipping through the ocean.

    Do you have any interesting footage of this?

    • halfpipe [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      Not yet sadly, they've been documented but no one's been able to film one yet, or if they did, they didn't survive.

      There's some good illustrations at the bottom of this page though. https://ecmiindmath.org/2017/01/04/ocean-rogue-waves-a-mystery-unveiled/

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        Oh wow. That IS interesting. Must be incredibly rare though given the prevalence of cameras and the quantity of boats we've got out there.