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Originally Posted by hhEb09'1
I'm not sure why (I haven't read everything) you chose 34560 (28335) but the indicated patterns aren't exact, and there are other groups in the picture that don't have the pattern. This seems like analysis after the fact--do you have other photos?
Periodicities in cloud patterns are often observed--local conditions are more or less constant over a area, and can produce waves that result in regular repeats of cloud formations. But because those conditions vary from place to place, the patterns aren't global at that scale (1.16 km)--some of the conditions relate to local topography even.
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I have had difficulty finding photos which are square on to the earth (i.e. looking vertically down) and have a stated scale. The only way I have found that works is to compare the photo to a map and measure off that.
The harmonics theory has a fixed set of values which you can see in the graphic
http://ray.tomes.biz/c7str1-e6.gif which also shows the relative strengths. The 34560 is an extremely strong one.
The theory of cloud waves and sea waves are similar and as you say. However the analysis of actual sea waves shows that they are not evenly distributed but have huge peaks at certain values, like around 13 second intervals.
There are examples from other planets also, see in particular the article in my blog on Jupiter harmonic cloud patterns
http://ray.tomes.biz/b2/index.php/a/2007/06/28/p149