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Waimea Wave Wonders

Born a thousand miles away in a North Pacific storm, a wave touches bottom, rears up, and hurls tons of briny water on an intercepting beach. It culminates in a crashing finale dissipating kinetic energy as heat. Like snowflakes, every wave is different from all the others.

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Uploaded on November 29, 2025
Taken on November 13, 2025