Monster wave gives up its secrets
OPS_admin | May 07, 2009 | Comments 0
Monster wave gives up its secrets
A huge ocean wave has been filmed from beneath the surface, revealing features never before captured on camera.
The remarkable video, which will be shown as part of the BBC Natural History Unit’s new series South Pacific, was filmed in super slow motion using a high-definition camera.
It reveals the hidden power of a four-metre-tall monster barrel wave.
It also shows the first images of underwater spiralling vortices created by the wave’s action.
The wave was filmed off the coast of Pohnpei in the Caroline Islands, part of the Federated State of Micronesia.
The location is well known in the international surf community. Some of the biggest waves in the world break on South Pacific islands.
The storm swells that create these waves travel more than 5,000km to break on their shorelines.
via BBC – Earth News.
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