Wilderness Education on Instagram: "Have you ever noticed how the wind shapes the surface of a lake? What you’re seeing are tiny ripples called capillary waves, formed as the wind first touches and drags across the water’s surface. These small waves are created by surface tension and are the very beginning of wind wave formation. If the wind keeps blowing, those ripples can grow into larger waves known as gravity waves, where gravity pulls the water back down, creating bigger and longer waves. T