The Giant Waves Scientists Refused to Admit Exist

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The ocean holds a secret more terrifying than any monster. Want to restore the planet’s ecosystems and see your impact in monthly videos? The first 100 people to join Planet Wild with my code ASTRUM9 will get the first month for free at: https://planetwild.com/r/astrumearth/join If you want to get to know them better first, check out their project cleaning up one of Europe’s most polluted rivers in Albania: https://planetwild.com/r/astrumearth/m27 ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Imagine a force so powerful it can capsize the largest ships, yet it was dismissed as a myth for centuries. We're exploring the real science behind rogue waves, the mysterious giants of the open ocean. Uncover how these colossal walls of water form and pose a deadly threat to anyone in their path. Could you witness one and live to tell the tale? ▀▀▀▀▀▀ 0:00 Rogue Waves 4:21 First Reports 8:29 The Draupner Wave 15:26 The Ucluelet Wave 16:52 How Do Rogue Waves Form? 20:51 Where to Find Rogue Waves 23:19 Predicting Rogue Waves 24:22 Should We Be Worried? ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Subscribe to the channel! https://youtube.com/@AstrumEarth Support our Patreon and you’ll get early access to Astrum Earth content, before anyone else: https://bit.ly/4aiJZNF ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Check out the other Astrum channels for videos about space and astronomy: Astrum: https://www.youtube.com/@astrumspace Astrum Extra: https://www.youtube.com/@astrumextra Astrum Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6jPRrbq3o3dpvBb173ZTKi?si=a90d3efe3b704c83 Astrum Infographic Artwork: https://electrify.art/collections/astrum Astrum Displate Posters: https://astrumspace.info/Displates Astrum Merch: https://astrum-shop.fourthwall.com/ Join us on the Astrum discord: https://discord.gg/TKw8Hpvtv8 ▀▀▀▀▀▀ References “Rogue Waves: The Ocean’s Most Dangerous Phenomenon”, via scientificorigin.com https://astrumspace.info/roguewaves “What are Rogue Waves?”, via noaa.gov https://astrumspace.info/noaarogue “The Last Journey of the “München” ”, via hapag-lloyd.com https://astrumspace.info/ms_munchen “The Great Lego Spill”, via smithsonianmag.com https://astrumspace.info/legosatsea “The Existence of Rogue Waves”, via aps.org https://astrumspace.info/rogueexistence “Record-Breaking 4-Story Rogue Wave Detected off Vancouver Island”, via smithsonianmag.com https://astrumspace.info/vancouverwave “Complex Rogue Wave Structures and Their Elementary Particles”, via frontiersin.org https://astrumspace.info/frontierswave “Prediction of freak waves from buoy measurements”, via nature.com https://astrumspace.info/naturewave “25 Years Since the Night of Monster Waves”, via noc.ac.uk https://astrumspace.info/monsterwaves “Steudtner Surfs Potential New Record Biggest Wave Ever”, via surfer.com https://astrumspace.info/biggestwave ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Credits Narrator: James Stewart Producers: Alex McColgan, James Stewart Writer: James Stewart Video Editors: Matt Jamie, Celal Kaçar Animator: Peter Sheppard Researchers: Edie Abrahams, Shourya Shrivastava Thumbnail Designer: Peter Sheppard Channel Manager: Georgina Brenner Production Manager: Raquel Taylor Head of Astrum: Jess Jordan Creator of Astrum: Alex McColgan Image credit: Karsten Petersen - global-mariner.com ▀▀▀▀▀▀ #AstrumEarth #Astrum #RogueWaves