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Nonfiction: US Army bombers flying over near-periodic swell in shallow water, close to the Panama coast (1933). The sharp crests and very flat troughs are characteristic of [[Cnoidal wave (nonfiction)|cnoidal waves]].


The original caption read: "As they near shallow water close to the coast of Panama, huge deep-sea waves, relics of a recent storm, are transformed into waves that have crests, but little or no troughs. A light breeze is blowing diagonally across the larger waves to produce a cross-chop. Three Army bombers, escorted by a training ship, are proceeding from Albrook Field, Canal Zone, to David, Panama." (in: National Geographic 63 (1933).)
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Attribution: By US Army - http://www.amath.washington.edu/%7Ebernard/kp/waterwaves/panama.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6603514
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Nonfiction: US Army bombers flying over near-periodic swell in shallow water, close to the Panama coast (1933). The sharp crests and very flat troughs are characteristic of cnoidal waves.

The original caption read: "As they near shallow water close to the coast of Panama, huge deep-sea waves, relics of a recent storm, are transformed into waves that have crests, but little or no troughs. A light breeze is blowing diagonally across the larger waves to produce a cross-chop. Three Army bombers, escorted by a training ship, are proceeding from Albrook Field, Canal Zone, to David, Panama." (in: National Geographic 63 (1933).)

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Attribution: By US Army - http://www.amath.washington.edu/%7Ebernard/kp/waterwaves/panama.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6603514

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