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Shallow water on a sandy beach at sunset, where two sets of small waves meet at an angle and form a short straight crest between them, sun glinting on the wet surface.

Mach Stem in the Near Shore Zone

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Marek Stastna

While the region past the breakers has much smaller waves, they still retain considerable energy. The waves propagate in various directions and at times interact in a complex, nonlinear manner. In this picture two counter-propagating wave trains have a small angle between their wavenumber vector and a very clear Mach stem pattern results.

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Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences

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Credit: Marek Stastna (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

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Type Image Format JPG Size 2.9 MB Aspect 4:3 Width 3264 px Height 2448 px Brand Apple Model iPhone 5s Exposure 4 mm f/2.2 1/196 s ISO 32 Coordinates 44.6311, -81.2718 Tint Dark grayish brown Published 11 February 2019 Taken 13 August 2014

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