Mirjam Sophia Glessmer

Watching a V-shaped wave widen over time

Yesterday we looked at a very cool wake that Nena sent in as a #friendlywaves, today I have a nice gif for you to illustrate one of the points that I was trying to make.

We are looking out of a porthole at a ship sailing past. And the further the ship sails, the wider its V-shaped wake becomes at a fixed position.

Picture by Arnt Petter Både, used with permission

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  1. […] V-shaped wave keeps spreading, one of its sides coming closer and closer to the wave […]

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