Gregory's ServerIn case you don’t believe the same equations govern #motion in the #atmosphere and the #ocean.
Video by Tristan Heth in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
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@davidho great photo. I just joined and tried uploading a photo. My phone isn't uploading the image. Did you figure it out yet? On my app, there is a photo icon to add and when I use the web (on my phone or desktop) there is a paperclip for attaching pics, etc.  @davidho Fascinating! Is it just a matter of differing densities used for the same equations?   @davidho even solids are governed under fluid dynamics given a long enough time scale. @Rty2K You could try a blimp, but then you cannot see whats underneath the clouds and risk hitting an obstacle. Air traffic laws also do not allow flying that close to clouds. tl;dr: nope. @davidho Wow, this looks like it could be an extension of the painting "Wanderer above the Sea of Fog" by Caspar David Friedrich! @sciencebase @davidho The clouds would be steady if there weren‘t movements in the air. The clouds so reflect (show) the windwaves. @davidho well yes these are waves created by the friction between two fluids, it doesn’t matter which fluids are you can have waves just the same @davidho The left side of my brain says “what did you expect? fluids are fluids, mate” while the right side is just “WOW”. @davidho the volcano El Teide, where some scenes of Wrath Of Titans were shoted. I went on this site, it was impressive. There is a plant who can only live in this place.  @davidho   And there was definitely no one standing under the clouds with a fan? Brilliant!  @davidho Do you have an actual video of this? The GIF is a nice preview, but a poor substitute! Thanks.   @davidho That looks like a time lapse. Do you know how much it's sped up? @davidho Fabulous video. Should be required viewing for middle-school science classes on up.  @simonmyerson That's cool! You rarely see such a good example of Kelvin–Helmholtz instability. @davidho I've never seen anything like this! I'm so glad you shared this amazing Cloud Wav!  And the human and other species breathing patterns- inhale 🌊 exhale ... |
@davidho you can guess the shape of the topography underneath from the motion. Great video.