With an increasing number of people living close to the coast,
deep ocean swell generation, and its potential modifications as a consequence of climate change, is clearly an issue that needs attention, alongside the more intensively studied topics of changes in mean sea level and storm surges.
The landscapes all possess an innate sensuality, one that is shared with Price's sculptural work and suggested by such titles as Red Heat,
Deep Ocean Swell, Underground Fire, and Predicted Eruption.
Not exact matches
On «
Oceans (Where Feet May Fall)», a lovely
swell of arpeggiating guitars and percussion makes the repeated refrain «Spirit, lead me where my trust is without borders... lead me
deeper than my feet could ever wander» sound not just worshipful, but filled with holy fear.
Eventually, possibly a few hundred million years after the moon formed, the
deepest parts of the
ocean froze,
swelling to crack surface ice — which may have been 10 km thick or more — just as ice cubes in a freezer often do.
Unlike long period waves that travel unopposed over vast distances
deep within the
ocean, wind
swell travels within a few meters of the
oceans surface and is affected by opposing winds and existing sea states.
Waves at low tide are said to be quick, steep or dumpy, this is because there is very little water sitting over the sand bank or reef allowing the
ocean swells to travel from very
deep water straight into very shallow water.