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Back on the ship we had another sea day before Singapore and for the first time it was a bit rough, creating interesting waves in the solarium pool, caused by the ship rolling slightly. The waves are considerably larger periodically but, as usual, as soon as I got my phone out they stopped. Something to do with resonance? There's a subsurface ledge that acts like a beach, causing the bigger waves to break. It's probably deliberate, to dampen the oscillations and stop it sploshing over. Cool.

Waves in the solarium pool

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