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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!littlei!intelhf!ichips!sedona!bhoughto
  2. From: bhoughto@sedona.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.physics
  4. Subject: Re: sea waves
  5. Keywords: waves
  6. Message-ID: <1992Aug19.002945.23129@ichips.intel.com>
  7. Date: 19 Aug 92 00:29:45 GMT
  8. References: <boudouvi.714144870@theseas>
  9. Sender: news@ichips.intel.com (News Account)
  10. Organization: Intel Corp., Chandler, Arizona
  11. Lines: 14
  12.  
  13. In article <boudouvi.714144870@theseas> boudouvi@ntua.gr (Andreas Boudouvis) writes:
  14. >A summer-time question:
  15. >Why the crests of sea waves are white (esop. when the waves 
  16. >break at the seashore?)
  17.  
  18. 1.  They aren't white, they're clear!
  19.  
  20. 2.  Okay, if they really are white (i.e., if you really see
  21. white and not clear), it's "foam," or bubbles of air mixed
  22. into the water by churning as the water begins to tumble
  23. turbulently.
  24.  
  25.                 --Blair
  26.                   "Now tell us how surfing works."
  27.