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This is the sort of thing I do at uni... experiments on tsunamis @ the moment

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[djslash20]

I don´t get it... Did you put that table and filled that part with more water than the rest?

It was amazing!

[adrao77]

yes, more or less that was it, i mean, other experiments later on became a bit more complex, with a pulley system to open the gate, etc... this first one was a "proof of concept" thing, and a pretty standard way to attempt to reproduce tsunami waves (by using solitary waves)

[adrao77]

well... one of the largest recent ones was in Alaska.... in 1958... that does not mean that they are necessarily the largest.... meteorites, volcanic eruptions, etc can also trigger large tsunamis.... even earthquake tsunamis can be quite large, take the Banda Aceh tsunami in 2004 for example, with heights of over 20m in some locations....

[adrao77]

it appears to travel as a soliton...

[adrao77]

sorry, ok, it doesn't travel as a soliton but as a solitary wave, but it has "soliton" like features when it hits the breakwater, this can be seen in the Tsunami Experiment II video (see in Related Videos)

[brentnee3]

....?

[adrao77]

it was a tsunami experiment i carried out as part of my phd thesis.... I put it online so that some friends could get an image of what it is that i do to justify my existence (and their tax money)

[groovdafied]

Interesting...how a small amount of water can trigger a larger end reaction.

[djslash20]

@5deagle Of course! People will die faster and won´t suffer a lot!

[Duncan057]

It's a Shower ?

[102beyblade]

coool xd como le hacen para hacer el tsunami pero cool

[102beyblade]

102beyblade cool

[NightSociety]

@5deagle you'll get Terrorists!

[5deagle]

if you put a bomb in the way of a tsunami would that help?

[wikiwuki]

@timluijten987654321 i know. it was the largest one ever in the world.

[timluijten987654321]

@wikiwuki The largest one was triggered by a landslide in alaska in 1958. It was over 500 meters (1640 feet) high!