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6 Aug 2024 16:58:06 EDT (-0400)
  Re: NOISE BLOBS FOR THE CRESTS OF OCEAN WAVES  
From: Stephen
Date: 22 Nov 2006 06:30:01
Message: <web.45643390d6d04fcff1cb1e660@news.povray.org>
"Kenneth" <kdw### [at] earthlinknet> wrote:
> "Stephen" <mcavoys_AT_aolDOT.com> wrote:
> > "Kenneth" <kdw### [at] earthlinknet> wrote:
>
> >These waves look like a swell coming in from
> > the Atlantic with the wind building up to force 8 or 9.
> >
>
> Right you are! I live near the coast of Virginia, USA, and we get crazy
> "Nor'easter" storms all the time. One is going on right now, in fact. Would
> love to be down at the oceanfront to witness it!
>
> Haven't yet thought of a way to make the wind "blow" in the opposite
> direction. That would take some *real* finessing of the noise function.
> Possibly by quickly fading in a high-frequency sin or cos wave form in y,
> right near the top of the waves, to curl the triangles over there. Then
> making the noise follow that.  Hmm....
>
> Ken



I look forward to seeing your results. The sea is fascinating, like work I
could watch it all day :-)

Stephen


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