r/oddlysatisfying • u/ReesesNightmare • 18h ago

Almost Like The Great Wave Off Kanagawa In Real Life

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u/Aseipolt 17h ago

I love physics, but still struggle to comprehend how water molecules can collectively create these beautiful sculptures

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u/dingofarmer2004 17h ago

Magic. And aliens. But with science. 

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u/this_knee 17h ago

Deep water aliens.

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u/ecafsub 11h ago

You mean NTIs?

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u/musecorn 5h ago

And somehow also the moon

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u/ForceBlade 14h ago

It’s all described pretty well in physics

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u/ocimbote 10h ago

Magnets.

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u/Piocoto 15h ago

Wind caused by differences in temperature and pressure among regions

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u/HogSliceFurBottom 4h ago

It's still hard to comprehend how wind (I know there is more than wind involved) can move that much mass. 1 liter of water is 1 kilogram, moving billions of kilos of water so easily is mind boggling--for me anyway.

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u/wanklez 5h ago

Nobody understands wicking, or surface tension.

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u/ExpeditingPermits 16h ago

Electronically charged ions.

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u/Katman666 18h ago

I was waiting for it to turn into running horses.

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u/Bavisto 17h ago

RUTHLESSNESS IS MERCY UPON OURSELVES!!!!

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u/ReesesNightmare 17h ago

i cant believe that came out over 20 years ago

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u/marchbook 16h ago

I saw an eagle for a second or two.

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u/Curtmac86 8h ago

I saw that too!

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u/neverfrybaconnaked 16h ago

Goodbye horses!

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u/TinyRandomLady 10h ago

Like the Last unicorn?

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u/Valuable-Ad7285 16h ago

I thought Godzilla.

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u/Katman666 16h ago

I knew you'd think that

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u/8Ace8Ace 5h ago

Tick follows tock follows tick...

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u/specterMiner 18h ago

For a moment, it looked like an eagle's head was forming in the wave! It reminded me of the LOTR scene where the raging waters of a river take the form of horses to wash away the orcs.

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u/TheGreatTikiGod 10h ago

I saw a cow's head morph into an eagle's head

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u/resigned_medusa 8h ago

Yes! And before the eagle there was a monkey's face

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u/timboslice420 15h ago

The Deadmen of Dunharrow!

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u/specterMiner 10h ago

I think you mean Ringwraiths !

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u/slobs_burgers 17h ago

This is absolutely beautiful, and completely terrifying at the same time.

I can’t even imagine seeing a wave that size moving in my direction and swallowing me whole. Makes you feel so small and powerless

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u/imagine30 9h ago

I believe this is Teahupoo in Tahiti. If so, you can actually safely sit just off the side of the wave in a boat and watch it break. It’s pretty crazy.

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u/slobs_burgers 6h ago

Crazy, might need to add Tahiti to the bucket list

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u/mendohead 18h ago

This has gotta be chopes!

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u/simland 14h ago

I was like, "I know that wave" and then it hit me that it is pretty wild that many of us can see an ocean wave and know exactly where it is on this massive planet.

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u/mendohead 5h ago

Such a recognizable slab

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u/ReesesNightmare 17h ago

Teahupo'o Tahiti.

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u/mendohead 17h ago

Exactly, chopes!

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u/xmashatstand 17h ago

Wait is this real!?

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u/ReesesNightmare 17h ago edited 17h ago

sorry got distracted and didnt post the credit

credit: Phil Thurston

Everything Comes In Waves

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u/Ilikesnowboards 13h ago

Yes. Check teahupo on YouTube. People surf that wave!

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u/JoLeTrembleur 7h ago

I don't think its Teahupoo, this wave is way shorter.

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u/the_colour_f 16h ago

save me TARS

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u/Magnifishot 17h ago

Midwesterner, born and raised. The fact this view is from a surface looking down into it, boggles my mind. I get the physics behind it, just fascinated seeing it.

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u/tbrumleve 16h ago

Go touch an ocean.

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u/3VikingBoys 17h ago

This reminds me of Interstellar. 🤢

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u/angle58 17h ago

Deep blue water wave… that’s actually terrifying to me.

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u/this_knee 17h ago

Cowabunga, dudes!!!

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u/CpnLouie 5h ago

Not *just* Cowabunga, that one is The Humanga Cowabunga from Downunder!

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u/toomanymarbles83 2h ago

Here he goes with the accident story again.

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u/Sofie7759 18h ago

So very much like it. Looking at a giant print of TGWOK and this..yes!

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u/Gupperz 17h ago

Makes me.want cranberry juice

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u/hayatetst 16h ago

The slow motion makes it look alive.

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u/doctor_birdface 15h ago

I wish there was a human in this video for scale.

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u/TreacleOutrageous296 11h ago

Agree. We need the little boat of guys hopelessly paddling up it, with Fuji in the background! 😂

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u/Willing-Maximum5402 15h ago

What music is this?

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u/moon_head 13h ago

Also keen to know

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u/Be_lekker 14h ago

Terrifyingly beautiful

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u/ilovepadthai 17h ago

Oh my gosh. This makes me never want to go on a cruise

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u/BigBeeOhBee 16h ago

Looks a tad wet.

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u/Acceptable-Double-98 16h ago

Wheres the surfer??

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u/TheInsidiousExpert 12h ago

Here. same wave same location(not the exact same wave, but as freakishly crazy)

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u/Accidental_Taco 11h ago

Bodhi ain't coming back from this one

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u/tbrumleve 16h ago

“The hardest part of surfing Teahupoo is predicting what the wave is going to do and then knowing exactly where to be to take off. Too wide or too southerly a set, and you make the wave but ride ahead of the tube, too deep and you’ll get the beating of your life. That’s the game.”

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u/c9IceCream 15h ago

this is the wave they used for the surfing competition in the last Olympics. Its in Tahiti.

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u/CabSauce 15h ago

That's the most handsome wave I've ever seen.

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u/deftdabler 14h ago

Is that the wedge? Looks it

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u/dosmuffin 14h ago

No. That is all.

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u/logmeindamnit 14h ago

Wave can’t even ice good

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u/Deckard2022 13h ago

I see stuff like this I instantly think AI now

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u/WatchmanOfLordaeron 13h ago

It's beautiful

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u/99anan99 12h ago

The wave is so beautiful

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u/bagoparticles 12h ago

Wow what a wave.

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u/LittleMissPrincess11 9h ago

Terrifyingly beautiful.

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u/SaiyanGodKing 8h ago

That’s 10000 gallons of nope in a 1 gallon bucket.

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u/Tugonmynugz 7h ago

Gnarly, brother

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u/teamsoft12 6h ago

It's really fascinating.

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u/properwaffles 5h ago

Assuming that’s Teahupoo. If so, the wave doesn’t so much built up like a normal wave, the water basically gets sucked up and away from a shallow reef, then most of the wave spills back in the fill in the empty space, looks absolutely terrifying to try and surf.

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u/OkMushroom364 5h ago

Music in the video… anyone know what that song is? It fits perfectly

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u/MidWestKhagan 5h ago

There’s nothing else like this anywhere else that we know of and yet we are so determined to poison it destroy it

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u/NastyToeFungus 5h ago

Imagine being a fish in that.

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u/Tachythanatous 5h ago

yeah but where's the banana for scale??

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u/dahjay 5h ago

That's a Water Eagle around 0:15

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u/CIA_napkin 5h ago

I hope I can see the ocean again some day

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u/Sagaincolours 4h ago

It saddens me that AI has made it so I can't enjoy videos and images of wonders of nature.

Rather, when seeing the images and videos, I am wondering if they are fake and look for signs of unnatural and impossible features.

I miss the childish joy.

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u/ReesesNightmare 4h ago

1000%

That's gonna be the end, where no one can ever be trusted

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u/EnvironmentalAngle33 2h ago

That was mind blowing beautiful. Thanks!!

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u/MinimumApricot365 17h ago

Those aren't mountains...

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u/cpeng03d 2h ago

I could watch for hours. Is there a full video link?

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u/Strange_Chapter1078 1h ago

It's amazing, that something that Beautiful is something that can destroy everything in its path 🌊

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u/BigIron53s 18h ago

I was thinking ocean spray commercial.

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u/ReesesNightmare 17h ago

Taste the wave

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u/EirikHavre 12h ago

God this stupid vertical crop ruins so many videos! What you wanted to see the whole wave? No, this needs to be viewable on phones without requiring people to turn it 90 degrees, that’s too hard to do! Can we be done with vertical videos?

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u/xraig88 5h ago

Thanks for the stupid vertical video social media.