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Sunset State Beach variance image

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Dark image of a coastal area shows standard deviation of pixel density for 10 minutes, brighter areas mean more movement.
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Detailed Description

Image from video camera along Sunset State Beach in Watsonville, CA, looking northwest. Every half hour during daylight hours, the camera shoots video for 10 minutes. This variance image shows the standard deviation of pixel intensity throughout the video frames, useful for determining how much variation or movement is occurring at a given location. Brighter tones indicate more movement.

This image is from November 8th, 2018, at 4:00pm Pacific Standard Time.

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.

Using Video Imagery to Study Coastal Change: Sunset State Beach