This is a lighthouse off the coast of England in a storm. See the man in the doorway of the lighthouse? If he is 6 feet tall the wave is about 10 times taller than him or about 60 feet. The biggest wave on record occurred in Lituya Bay on the southern coast of Alaska in 1958. An earthquake measuring 8.3 on the Richter scale hit the area and shook loose an estimated 40 million cubic yards of dirt and glacier from a mountainside at the head of the bay. When the debris hit the water, a massive 1,720-foot wave was created and washed over the headland. They know the height of the wave because the trees up to 1,720 feet were washed away on a mountain side.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Wave, lighthouse and man
This is a lighthouse off the coast of England in a storm. See the man in the doorway of the lighthouse? If he is 6 feet tall the wave is about 10 times taller than him or about 60 feet. The biggest wave on record occurred in Lituya Bay on the southern coast of Alaska in 1958. An earthquake measuring 8.3 on the Richter scale hit the area and shook loose an estimated 40 million cubic yards of dirt and glacier from a mountainside at the head of the bay. When the debris hit the water, a massive 1,720-foot wave was created and washed over the headland. They know the height of the wave because the trees up to 1,720 feet were washed away on a mountain side.
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