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OSU Tsunami Lab

  • Waves break on inside the wave lab
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    Waves break on the shore of the Directional Wave Basin at the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory in Corvallis. The basin can generate waves in all directions, as well as tsunami-like waves.
  • waves inside wave lab
    Photograph: Oregon State University
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    Conical islands are used to study inundation levels of shorelines protected by offshore islands.
  • The instrumentation bridge over the Directional Wave Basin.
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    The instrumentation bridge over the Directional Wave Basin.
  • A small demonstration flume in the lobby of the research laboratory shows waves over simulated vegetation which is...
    Photograph: Oregon State University
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    A small demonstration flume in the lobby of the research laboratory shows waves over simulated vegetation, which is colored pink.
  • The pink vegetation attached to a sandy bottom.
    Photograph: Oregon State University
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    The pink vegetation attached to a sandy bottom.
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    Photograph: Oregon State University
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    In the Large Wave Flume, a wave plunges during an experiment replicating a storm sequence similar to one that hit New Jersey during Hurricane Sandy.
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