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Satellite captures rare images of atmospheric gravity waves

• loa_in_ 7y ago
  > The gravity waves were triggered by thunderstorms, with cold air flowing out from the squalls resulting in a disturbance in the atmosphere That's not a gravity wave, but a downward convection flow causing wind. Anything to clickbait the title.
  • defterGoose 7y ago
    Yeah, my thoughts exactly. Just regular fluid mechanics in a gravitational potential.
  • Gravityloss 7y ago
    Gravity wave the word has two very different things. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_wave https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_wave