Making waves
David Micallef took this picture of the waves hammering the breakwater at Cirkewwa. Strong winds developed on Saturday and continued up to yesterday but have eased today.
Mr Micallef said the crashing waves were so intense that the sea spray was being carried across the road.
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David Micallef
Aug 5th 2010, 08:20
Thanks for the comments guys ... very encouraging. For me it was quite a rare occurance to see gale force winds hitting our shores during the summer time. I only submitted the picture to mark the event, not because it was the largest wave EVER as some of you might think.
Anyway, those of you who are interested can view my flickr page on www.davidmic.com
Thanks.
L Buhagiar
Jul 29th 2010, 14:10
To all who posted stupid comments. JUST ADMIRE THE PHOTO AND SHUT UP.
R Farrugia
Jul 29th 2010, 13:17
what's so astonishing? you should see the waves in winter time Mr Micallef. If you do so i bet you won't post another photo on the times of malta
c zammit
Jul 28th 2010, 14:01
imma anke fuq ir raxx tal bahar hloqtu polemika ?????
M. Debono
Jul 28th 2010, 11:52
@ A. Bonnett
I'm no engineer either - but it sounds like a very good idea to get electricity from waves! We have plenty of waves most time of the year - but I'm not sure about the feasibility of such projects considering the current available technology.
E.Cassar
Jul 28th 2010, 13:04
@ A. Bonnett & M. Debono
... Wind Energy, Wave Energy, Solar Energy... all look very promising :) I am no engineer but a geographer quoting from my pervious study - strong winds are frequent with only 8% of the days in a year are found to be calm, the predominant North Westerly blows on average 19% of all windy days annually - . obviously for these projects to go ahead Environmental Impact Assessments should be carried out. Would be interesting to see whether our island can benefit from wind energy.
A Bonett
Jul 29th 2010, 09:20
Bedtime reading. Maybe the MRA already read this one : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/7823681/Does-money-grow-in-wind-farms.html
Alan Grech
Jul 28th 2010, 11:50
Give the guy a break!!
S Azzopardi
Jul 28th 2010, 08:42
U ejja, sea spray being carried across the road???
Ara aw min vera qatt ma ra xejn ta...
Steve Zammit
Jul 28th 2010, 12:04
Mr.Azzopardi don't you have anything better to do?If you don't have a positive comment to write then don't write one at all.
Well done to Mr.David Micallef for sharing his photo!
GiovDeMartino
Jul 27th 2010, 16:28
Il-hadid li kien hemm fuq il-koppla tal-Mosta faccata ta' S Pawl il-Bahar kien kollu sadid u tnehha. Jghidu li r-raxx tal-bahar kien jasal sa hemm.
A Bonett
Jul 27th 2010, 09:48
What about harnessing this power using wave generated electricity ? I am not an engineer, so I cannot go into details. Just my 2 cents thought. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_power
Mark Galea
Jul 27th 2010, 09:26
Ir-raxx tal-bahar kien daqshekk qawwi li kien qed jaqsam it-triq!!! WOW ...
(normalment ir-raxx jaqsam it-triq anke fil-bnazzi - halli l-karozza ic-Cirkewwa kuljum u tkun taf)