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Megawave recreated in the lab looks just like Hokusai's Great Wave

Newscientist - Wed 23 Jan 19

Researchers have recreated the first recorded rogue wave, a monstrous wall of water that appears without warning, and it looks like Hokusai's Great Wave

Famous freak wave recreated in laboratory mirrors Hokusai's 'Great Wave'

Phys.org - Tue 22 Jan 19

A team of researchers based at the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh have recreated for the first time the famous Draupner freak wave measured in the North Sea in 1995.

Famous freak wave recreated in laboratory mirrors Hokusai's 'Great Wave', ScienceDaily - Tue 22 Jan 19
Famous freak wave recreated in laboratory mirrors Hokusai's 'Great Wave', Eurekalert - Tue 22 Jan 19

Oxford scientists successfully recreated a famous rogue wave in the lab

Ars Technica - Thu 24 Jan 19

The so-called "Draupner wave" was recorded by an oil drilling platform in 1995.

Scientists recreate ‘Freak Wave’ in the lab — and it looks like art

ZME Science - Wed 23 Jan 19

It looks eerly similar to Hokusai's 'Great Wave' print from the XIXth century.

Famous Japanese 'Freak Wave' Recreated in Lab

Livescience - Wed 23 Jan 19

It takes a perfect storm to generate a freak wave, a wall of water so unpredictable and colossal that it can easily destroy and sink ships, a new study finds.

Scientists recreates 'megawaves' for first time in lab - and find they mirror famous painting 

Daily Mail - Tue 22 Jan 19

Oxford researchers have managed to recreate a 'freak wave' in the lab for the first time - and found it perfectly mirrors a famous Japanese painting from 1800.