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DescriptionMach-stem-soliton-Pesenson.png
English: Mach-type reflection of oblique solitons. Top: a grid of obliquely interacting solitons. Bottom: the shock wave propagating along the fronts (see also the figure of crossing swells in the Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equation article). Photos taken by the author near the pier of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA.
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Mach stem: a shock wave propagating along soliton fronts. Scripps Institution of Oceanography pier, La Jolla, CA. Photo by author.