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pl23_wea00800.jpg

Merchant ship laboring in heavy seas as huge wave looms astern

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Description

Merchant ship laboring in heavy seas as huge wave looms astern.Huge waves are common near the 100-fathom curve on the Bay of Biscay.Published in Fall 1993 issue of Mariner's Weather Log

Display Date

1940 ca.

Location

Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Biscay

Collection

Weather Service

Meteorological Monsters

Surf's Up

Keywords

Monsters

Waves