Wave watching on the ferry from Kiel to Oslo!
So I took the ferry from Kiel to Oslo and obviously had to document (most of) the water I saw :-) And now I’m exhausted. Let’s see how much water…
Tag: Kiel
A pilot ship making waves, and what happens to the waves over time
This is the story of a pilot ship, merrily sailing along on a beautiful day, making waves. Since it’s windy and Kiel fjord is a little choppy, the waves break…
Wave watching on Schwentine river
Surprise! I did some wave watching yesterday! Ok, let’s start with something simple to warm you up: A duck’s wake. And wind waves (coming in from the top right) hitting…
Feathery wake approaching! #WaveWatching in Kiel Holtenau
A week ago already, Frauke and I went on an evening walk in Kiel Holtenau. Beautiful wave watching to be done there as always! Here you see the one side…
Ships displace huge amounts of water, and it doesn’t come back immediately when they are gone!
Last weekend, while wave watching at one of my favourite spots, I observed something curious. Look at the movie below, this is what the turbulent wake of a ship usually…
Determining the slope of sea surface via the reflection of a structure
(Disclaimer: The physics the title refers to are somewhere in the second half of the blog post when I am done rambling) In case you are wondering why I am…
Windy days at Holtenau locks: Now THAT’s a turbulent wake!
Now that the weather is nice and sunny again, here is what it looked like only last Saturday. It wasn’t even really stormy, but windy enough so that the ships…
Moving sandbanks
A while ago I wrote a blog post on how the sand banks in this little creek form. Below you see the picture I showed then: Then, about two weeks…
The building of sand banks
The eroding force of moving water can be seen in so many places when you pay attention. For example in a park where I sometimes go for walks, the really…