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Anonymous
real wave, found this: "this spot is about a mile offshore...that is basically a fat open ocean swell that sudenly goes from real deep water to a barrier coral reef that is usually 2 feet under the surface at high tide and sits about a mile or more off the main island, (all of the French Polynesian islands have these protective outer reefs) so the ocean just literrally dumps or spills over onto these reefs, it is the edge of the natural reef passages that are surfed where the tides go in and out of the lagoons. It is quite a scene to see in the safety of the lagoon waters inside the reefs." also this: "this wave works in a similar way to a tsunami wave, there is no "back" to the wave as such, just a huge expanse of sea...." its just an unusual shot of a freaky wave that's apparently common someplace. Can't imagine why a photographer would risk his equipment on this though. Wonder how he did it. Pretty old picture apparently.
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