Waves and sandbanks
Creating waves in a tank. (deutscher Text unten)
In the big tank, we have a paddle that is really good for making big waves. And if you create them in just the right way, they reflect at the back of the tank to meet up with the incoming waves right above the “sandbank” we put in (that’s what the label is you see in the movie below: it says “this is a sandbank”).
Im großen Wellentank können wir mit einem Paddel Wellen erzeugen. Wenn man das genau richtig macht, treffen sich die primären und die reflektierten Wellen direkt über der Sandbank und es spritzt schön. Viel Spaß beim Anschauen des Films!
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