What are Lens Clouds? (Altocumulus lenticularis)
Lens clouds are saucer, lens or lentil-shaped clouds that form when wind blows moist air over mountains. Their formal name is Altocumulus lenticularis (lenticula means…
Lens clouds are saucer, lens or lentil-shaped clouds that form when wind blows moist air over mountains. Their formal name is Altocumulus lenticularis (lenticula means…
Early this morning I saw an interesting sign in the water, a clue that fish were trying to defy a predator. At about 6am, I…
When waves meet shallow water they slow down. When one side of a wave slows down, the wave bends towards that side. It is a…
Every time we look out at the sea there are lots of colours. Our brain tends to mash them all up because it is busy…
This is a video for readers of the book How to Read Water. Notice how a cross-hatch pattern forms where the waves meet on this…
Clues & Patterns from Puddles to the Sea A New York Times Bestseller. A Sunday Times “Must Read” book. A must-have book for walkers, sailors,…
There was a near perfect ripple map on a very windy West Wittering beach yesterday. The different wave patterns on each side of an island…
We see the most detail in relatively calm water when we look at the places where light and dark reflections meet. Look at the line…
The way waves behave is a big subject. But here we’ll look at just one simple aspect, the way the wind shapes breaking waves at…