Students conduct fluid dynamics tests in the basement of Hammond Building. (Photo credit: Curtis Chan)

This image captures both the end of an overwash splash and a back wave that is more developed in the broader view.

Output from The Sands project

The patterns of the water surface undulate something like a "lava lamp" from the 1970s, only this movement in the river is cold and natural. The lava lamp required the incandescent light bulb's heat to motivate the blobs to move inside the glass enclosure.

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Students conduct fluid dynamics tests in the basement of Hammond Building. (Photo credit: Curtis Chan)

Students conduct fluid dynamics tests in the basement of Hammond Building. (Photo credit: Curtis Chan)

Students conduct fluid dynamics tests in the basement of Hammond Building. (Photo credit: Curtis Chan)

Students conduct fluid dynamics tests in the basement of Hammond Building. (Photo credit: Curtis Chan)

Students conduct fluid dynamics tests in the basement of Hammond Building. (Photo credit: Curtis Chan)

Students conduct fluid dynamics tests in the basement of Hammond Building. (Photo credit: Curtis Chan)

Seen from the Bandai Bridge in central Echizen-city, the play of winter light on the water is strangely wonderful to watch.

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Students conduct fluid dynamics tests in the basement of Hammond Building. (Photo credit: Curtis Chan)

Students conduct fluid dynamics tests in the basement of Hammond Building. (Photo credit: Curtis Chan)

Students conduct fluid dynamics tests in the basement of Hammond Building. (Photo credit: Curtis Chan)

First Beach, Olympic Peninsula, Washington.

Students conduct fluid dynamics tests in the basement of Hammond Building. (Photo credit: Curtis Chan)

Students conduct fluid dynamics tests in the basement of Hammond Building. (Photo credit: Curtis Chan)

Output from The Sands project

Students conduct fluid dynamics tests in the basement of Hammond Building. (Photo credit: Curtis Chan)

Students conduct fluid dynamics tests in the basement of Hammond Building. (Photo credit: Curtis Chan)

Students conduct fluid dynamics tests in the basement of Hammond Building. (Photo credit: Curtis Chan)

angle shot of my space by the window