A photo from open sources
In the lower part, white ridges break on the surface of the sea, this is the so-called internal ripple of waves through the water. These waves can travel long distances, but nonetheless evidence of their existence on the surface is rarely found – but if you look from space, then you can notice them. This photo taken January 18 by crew members of the International space station. She shows the internal waves north of The Caribbean island of Trinidad, as indicated by the Earth Observatory, NASA project. When viewed from space, the visibility of waves is enhanced due to the reflection of sunlight, or sun glare, directed back to the space station, causing the waves detected by the astronaut’s camera. Most embossed waves can see in the upper left corner of the photo, they move with northwest due to the tidal current in Trinidad, according with Earth Observatory data. Another complex can be seen moving from the northeast, most likely it arose on the edge continental shelf, where the seabed is sharply reduced, reported on the website of the Observatory. Inner waves are visible in all oceans and Earth’s atmosphere, according to the Laboratory experimental and nonlinear dynamics of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They arise due to differences in density of water layers (as a result of changes in temperature or salt content, for example) when water moves over a particular topography, such as seamounts or the continental shelf. Waves have huge sizes, up to 100 meters (about 330 feet) high and in width reach hundreds of kilometers, according to release University of Massachusetts on a new method of studying waves. Can also consider the plume of milk sediment at the edge of the photograph on northwest. The sediment forms an equatorial current, which moves from west to east, starting from Africa towards the Caribbean basin, and is pumped by strong east winds, reported on Earth Observatory website.
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