[IMG]http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2011/12/29/1325182850793/sea-foam-cleveleys-near-b-007.jpg[/IMG][QUOTE]There's no place like foam … Cleveleys, near Blackpool gets in a lather with foam blown in from the ocean. Photograph: MEN Syndication
A thick white blanket settled gently on the seaside town of [URL="http://www.cleveleys.co.uk/"]Cleveleys near Blackpool[/URL] on Wednesday, but this was no seasonal dusting of snow from above.
The [URL="http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/"]Environment Agency[/URL] dispatched officers to Princess Promenade to gather evidence as gobs of foam blew in from the sea and smothered streets, cars and houses.
The foam is whipped up by strong winds once or twice a year along the town's seafront and vanishes soon after, a spokeswoman for the agency told the Guardian.
Lab tests on samples collected in earlier years have found no signs of[URL="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/pollution"]pollution[/URL]. Decomposing algal matter is the prime suspect for the mysterious lather.
"It appears to be naturally occurring. When the tides and winds combine to churn dead algal matter up from the bottom of the sea, it produces this foam, which is quite dramatic," the spokeswoman said.
Officers visited Cleveleys on Wednesday and again on Thursday to collect more specimens to analyse. The results of the tests are expected to confirm the foam is natural and not caused by detergent in seawater or other pollution.
By studying the foam, the agency hopes to learn how and why it forms and so predict when the froth will return.
"If we can understand what conditions cause it, that will help us predict it and help local authorities involved in the cleanup operations," the spokeswoman said.
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Looks like a fire extinguisher exploded. IMO.
Edit:
The worlds largest fire extinguisher.
Looks like God let off a load of marshmallow looking sperm everywhere.
Shit, I knew I put too much detergent in the washing machine.
Just sea foam of dead organic matter. Nothing really mysterious about it. Aquariums use the same process to remove organic matter from tanks in a protein skimmer.
Sorry, I put too much soap in the washer...
And then there was semen/soap related jokes.
I didn't know Santorum was touring the UK
[quote]"It appears to be naturally occurring. When the tides and winds combine to churn dead algal matter up from the bottom of the sea, it produces this foam, which is quite dramatic," the spokeswoman said.[/quote]
That's awesome! It's like an in-real-life easter egg.
I bet it doesn't smell too good.
[QUOTE=Hiurst;33959583]That's awesome! It's like an in-real-life easter egg.[/QUOTE]
It's occurred many times before and I remember seeing a report in the US when that hurricane was supposed to hit the coast line about it.
Not exactly mystery foam if it explains what it is in the article.
[QUOTE=Photo Shop;33959728]I bet it doesn't smell too good.[/QUOTE]
It essentially smells like sewage.
[QUOTE=spekter;33959745]It's occurred many times before and I remember seeing a report in the US when that hurricane was supposed to hit the coast line about it.
Not exactly mystery foam if it explains what it is in the article.
It essentially smells like sewage.[/QUOTE]
So it smells much like it always has there, cool.
I wonder how many people mistook it for snow.
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[QUOTE=Reflectent;33960508][img]http://i.cubeupload.com/Uyl16r.png[/img][/QUOTE]
hm... smaller than my usual load..
I guess Cthulhu got a bit too excited.
When I first saw the thread I thought it said "Memory foam engulfs town" and though a TempurPedic factory exploded or something.
[QUOTE=Forumaster;33960961]When I first saw the thread I thought it said "Memory foam engulfs town" and though a TempurPedic factory exploded or something.[/QUOTE]
That would be quite an unforgettable event...
When I first saw the thread I thought that it might have something to do with that weird web stuff they foud on that nuclear reactor.
Glad to see I was wrong.
Wasn't there a thread on the exact same thing like a year or two ago?
Still always cool to see the new pictures though, always a laugh to see people in it considering it's all basically bacteria from algae.
God damnit, who gave all of mexico's gay porn to 4chan?
[QUOTE=spekter;33959745]It essentially smells like sewage.[/QUOTE]
Oh god, it's like fluffy white diarrhea.
[QUOTE=SIRIUS;33962771]wtf, read this... HOSTS?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, sadly we can't kill it, but one of the SCP teams should be able to contain it before too many people are integrated.
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