breakers – Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching

Such a pretty #friendlywaves!

mglessmer — Mon, 18 May 2020 12:05:50 +0000

My long time Twitter friend Anne shared these beautiful pictures and I absolutely had to do a #friendlywaves post where I explain other people’s wave pictures. Take a moment to admire the beautiful picture below. Wouldn’t you love to be there? I certainly would! What can we learn from this picture? First — it’s a windy […]

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A beautiful #friendlywaves from Spain

mglessmer — Mon, 04 May 2020 14:40:23 +0000

A reader of my blog, Rocío*, sent me this beautiful image from Arnao beach (Castrillón- Asturias-Spain), and I asked if I could use it in a #friendlywaves post. He agreed, so here we go! First, let’s check out the original image in all its beauty, before I start scribbling on it. What features of the waves […]

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Wave hunt expedition. You don’t need to live close to the coast to observe all kinds of wave phenomena!

mglessmer — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 08:15:07 +0000

A 1.5 hour walk around a lake — and 242 photos of said lake — later I can tell you one thing: You definitely don’t need to live close to the coast in order to observe wave phenomena! The idea to go on a “wave hunt expedition” is actually not mine (although it definitely sounds […]

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