# @earthimpacts25 on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVxL6U-jkHK
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61944123-earthimpacts25-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-03-12T03:00:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Earth Impacts (@earthimpacts25) — https://gondola.cc/earthimpacts25

## Caption

From high above Earth… the oceans look calm and endless. 🌎✨

But every so often, deep below the surface, tectonic plates shift.

That sudden movement sends waves racing outward — a tsunami.

Here’s the surprising part.

In the open ocean, those waves can travel 800 km per hour, yet remain only a metre or so tall.

It’s like a pulse moving through the entire ocean basin.

Only when the wave reaches shallow water does it slow down and rise upward.

That’s why coastal areas see the dramatic surges.

But from orbit?

You wouldn’t see a giant wall sweeping across the globe.

Just a subtle movement of water carrying energy across the planet.

The ocean is vast… but physics keeps even its biggest waves within limits.

#earthview
#deepocean
#waveenergy
#naturalworld
#seascience

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## Tags

seascience, naturalworld, earthview, waveenergy, deepocean

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