Birds make for super interesting wave watching!
My perfect Saturdays start like this: Early morning walk along the water, followed by coffee while blogging about waves. Today’s focus: The cool waves that birds make! First, let’s look…
Tag: wakes
A #friendlywaves from Lofoten
A #friendlywaves post: you send me the pictures, I talk about physics! Today: My friend A sent me these lovely pictures from Lofoten, knowing I love wave watching. And there is…
Some port of Kiel #wavewatching: A feathery wake getting fanned out and bunched together!
Wakes are always interesting to watch. But usually, I am showing wakes of ships going straight ahead. So today, I have something cool for you: The wake of a ship…
When commuting is actually enjoyable. #wavewatching
What I love about my job (in addition to the awesome job itself, obviously)? That my office is located in pretty much the coolest spot in Hamburg when it comes to…
Hijacking other people’s “good morning!” tweets to talk about a duck’s wake
A beautiful picture: the pink sky, purple clouds, a peaceful channel flowing in between lush greens that the calm water surface mirrors back, a bridge somewhere in the background, connecting…
Spotting both the V-shaped and turbulent wake of a faraway ship on a calm day
The title says it all, I guess ;-) In the picture above, you can still see the ship on the left, and having seen the ship, I am sure you…
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…
Wave watching at Kiel Holtenau locks
On Sunday, I set out to see a large cruise liner go through the locks at Kiel Holtenau. What happened, though, was that a ship with a smiley painted on…
Interesting pilot ship #wavewatching at Kiel canal
Some throwback Friday evening wave watching (at the locks at Kiel Holtenau with my friend Sara for a nice and relaxing end of the week) to start the new week.…
Sightseeing in Berlin? Any excuse for a #wavewatching trip!
Berlin is full of interesting history to discover … for example that of ships that have gone past on the Spree! :-D Let’s start with some easy wave watching. In…
Wake comparisons: Row boat and motor boat
I just love this picture: The two boats in the front are going at the same speed (the trainer is driving right next to the person in the row boat…
Wave watching from a train
You know how they say that the journey is the destination? That was certainly the case for my spontaneous mini-vacation yesterday (and how awesome is it that my #BestTravelBuddy is…
Long-distance wave watching during sunset
Have you ever noticed how much you can observe when you look at water from a distance? For example in these pictures, you see the tracks of ships that are…
More wave watching, this time in Kiel
Beautiful morning arriving back in Kiel… Looking downwind, the weather might seem pleasant (especially when focussing on the sunrise). But looking upwind however, the wind rows on the water as…
Sunset wave watching in Gothenburg. Wakes under different light conditions!
Wave watching from high up gives you a whole new perspective on wakes, and depending on the lighting, features in the wave field become more prominent or fade away. See…
Wave watching on Kiel Canal: Bulbous bows and how they shape the wave field
Even when I fully intend to just go for a Saturday afternoon walk to catch up with a friend, this is what happens… I get distracted by waves. Like the…
Duckies, a drama and a wake
Let me tell you the story of the picture below. I was walking along Kiel fjord with some friends and we saw this mama duck with all those tiny cute…