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  2. Cannon Rock (painting) - Wikipedia

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    She writes, "In reality, the offshore wave would break only at low tide, but the wave fills the inlet only at high tide." In his Winslow Homer in the 1890s: Prout's Neck Observed, Homer expert Philip Beam noted the artist's rearranging of the horizontal ledges of rock into a triangular shape so that "it rivets attention on his main motive". [1]

  3. Lishui (sea-waves) - Wikipedia

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    When used on dragon robes, lishui could be combined with turbulent waves and a rock in the middle of the clothing. [2] [7] Lishui represents the deep water; the rock represents the sacred mountain (山, shān), which is the representation of the Universe [2] or the Earth. [7] The turbulent waves were buddhist elements. [2]

  4. List of rogue waves - Wikipedia

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    The wave was around 27.7 meters (91 ft) high from peak to trough, and around 200 meters (660 ft) long. [45] Norwegian Dawn, (three waves in succession, off the coast of Georgia, 16 April 2005): "The sea had actually calmed down when the 21-metre (69 ft) wave seemed to come out of thin air… Our captain, who has 20 years on the job, said he ...

  5. In Pictures: Giant ships and crashing waves as we headed to ...

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    Waves crash against the sea front in Southsea as Storm Barra hit the UK (Andrew Matthews/PA) Sea water floods the shoreline outside the Royal Oak pub after high tide in Langstone, Hampshire ...

  6. Breaking wave - Wikipedia

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    The short, sharp burst of wave energy means that the swash/backwash cycle completes before the arrival of the next wave, leading to a low value of Kemp's phase difference (< 0.5). Surging waves are typical of reflective beach states. On steeper beaches, the energy of the wave can be reflected by the bottom back into the ocean, causing standing ...

  7. The Wrath Of The Seas - Wikipedia

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    The raging sea merges with the stormy sky. The lightning strikes from behind heavy clouds. The waves splash against the high coast and flow down the rocks. The atmosphere of the storm and wrath of the sea is depicted with such power that the spectator can almost hear the crashing waves and the rolling thunder.

  8. The Gulf Stream (painting) - Wikipedia

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    The Gulf Stream is an 1899 oil painting by the American artist Winslow Homer. [1] It shows a man in a small dismasted rudderless fishing boat struggling against the storm-tossed waves and perils of the sea, presumably near the Gulf Stream, and was the artist's statement on a theme that had interested him for more than a decade.

  9. Nor'easter sends enormous waves crashing over ... - AOL

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    You tough it out," Ashley Rodhe told AccuWeather National News reporter Kim Leoffler. Rodhe was visiting Salem, Massachusetts, on Tuesday to enjoy what the city has to offer in the Halloween season.