Re: Freak waves

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:46:33 GMT, "Roger Long" <rwlong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>I've run across this picture a couple places on the net and am
>wondering if it is real or a digital paste up.
>
>http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2004/07/25/wave_wideweb__430x275.jpg
>
>If real, it is very spooky because of the relatively benign conditions
>around it. You would expect something like this in a well developed
>major storm but not in the general sea state shown.
>
>It doesn't look like a breaking shoal. If these things do exist, they
>must be exceedingly rare and this must be one of the luckiest pictures
>ever taken.
>
>I'm guessing this is a digital fake.

If so, here's another one from today's NY Times:

http://travel.nytimes.com/pages/travel/index.html

The surrounding water looks even flatter.

Here's some more:

http://tinyurl.com/av3gv

http://tinyurl.com/8mb4e

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