© Mila Zinkova

Pacifica, California, United States of America

Latitude: 37° 35' 51'' N

Longitude: 122° 30' 46'' W

27 January 2016 1514 (Local Time)

Image P/S code: P.11.3.3

Image I.D.: 4633

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  Spray and a sea spray bow

  Spray is an ensemble of water droplets torn by the wind from the surface of an extensive body of water, generally from the crests of waves, and carried up a short distance into the air.

  In this picture, the extensive body of water is the Pacific Ocean and the wind is blowing spray from the crests of waves breaking at Pacifica on the coast of California, USA.

  With the Sun shining, a sea spray bow has formed in the “screen” of spray.

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  © Mila Zinkova
  Pacifica, California, United States of America
  Latitude: 37° 35' 51'' N
  Longitude: 122° 30' 46'' W
  27 January 2016 1514 (Local Time)
  
  
  Image P/S code: P.11.3.3
  Image I.D.: 4633
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  Sea spray bow

  This sea spray bow (a type of “rainbow”) occurred as a result of refraction and reflection of sunlight in a “screen” of spray, which was created by water droplets blown by the wind from waves breaking on the coast of California, USA.  

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  © Mila Zinkova
  Pacifica, California, United States of America
  Latitude: 37° 35' 48'' N
  Longitude: 122° 30' 36'' W
  27 January 2016 1558 (Local Time)
  
  
  Image P/S code: P.13.5.7
  Image I.D.: 4631
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  Spray

  Spray is formed when water droplets are torn by the wind from the surface of a body of water, generally from the crests of waves, and the droplets are carried up into the air.

  This picture shows spray blown by the wind from the crest of a wave from the Pacific Ocean that is breaking off the coast of California, USA.  

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  © Mila Zinkova
  Pillar Point, California, United States of America
  Latitude: 37° 29' 53'' N
  Longitude: 122° 29' 55'' W
  24 January 2014 1420 (Local Time)
  
  
  Image P/S code: S.11.3.3
  Image I.D.: 4634
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  Spray

  Spray at 1, 2 and 3 can be seen in this picture as water droplets torn from the water surface by a strong wind and carried up a short distance into the air. In the background, waves crashing against the coastal rocks have also resulted in considerable water droplets in the air.

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  © Matthew Clark
  Kynance Cave, Cornwall, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  Latitude: 49° 58' 25'' N
  Longitude: 5° 13' 36'' W
  08 February 2016 1530 (Local Time)
  
  
  Camera direction: towards SW
  Image P/S code: S.11.3.3
  Image I.D.: 5019
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  Spray

  The picture shows curtains of spray blown off the crests where the ship's wave meets the wind waves, the height of which is approximately 8 m.

  There was a west-north-westerly wind of 18 m s-1 in the southern sector of a depression, the centre of which was west of Scotland.

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  © A.J. Aalders
  North Atlantic Ocean, south of Ireland
  Latitude: 49° 22' 57'' N
  Longitude: 11° 15' 0'' W
  06 April 1951 1844 (Local Time)
  
  
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