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A moving ship (or any other object moving at or near the water surface) generates a kind of trace on the water surface that is called a wake. Around and directly behind the ship, the wake is rather complex, with so-called bow and stern waves, eddies and currents, and foam. Ship waves are viewed in satellite images because they generate and modify surface waves.
