When an ocean current runs into an island, the water that would normally flow where the island is must some how flow around it. This causes vorticies where the force that is applied by the current to the front of the island shears off to the side of it somewhat turbulently. This causes a pattern of vorticies where there is a long vortex on one side of the island and a short one on the other. This pattern switches back and forth so that sometimes one side of the island has the long vortex and sometimes the other side does. You can actually sometimes see these vorticies in satellite photos.

You know when it's windy and the electrical wires start singing? wherrrr whoooooo wheeee... this is the exact same effect: the wind is alternating sides of the wire and the vortex pattern is oscillating.

So, if you think about it, if you could record the frequency of oscillation of the vorticies caused by the island, you could speed them up to an audible frequency, and you could hear the island singing.

ooooh.
i really like that.

you always write such profound, poetic things. i love reading them.
» bananaface on 2007-03-28 11:07:09

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