• Have you guys seen the ice balls on lake Michigan
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[video=youtube;J5iPbihuzPc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5iPbihuzPc[/video]
I've always wondered what a beach looks like in winter.
it looks like Nesquik cereal [IMG]https://www.nestle-cereals.ch/sites/default/files/chfr_nesquik-bowl.png[/IMG]
Anyone know why this happens? I live on an island and all I see during winter is solid ice in all directions.
I think its from it being super cold, and when the waves roll over the small ice chunks the water freezes right away, and forms a new layer.So after a few thousand waves they get pretty big.[QUOTE=Dirty_Ape;43480007]Anyone know why this happens? I live on an island and all I see during winter is solid ice in all directions.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Dirty_Ape;43480007]Anyone know why this happens? I live on an island and all I see during winter is solid ice in all directions.[/QUOTE] Maybe its such a warm current that its only able to freeze the dirt as the wave comes back in and goes back up. Its basically freezing the dirt as it rolls, but not cold enough to freeze the water. I'm no scientist. Don't trust me.
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They're made when the water hits the shore and starts freezing, and as more waves come in it moves them around and makes them smooth Kind of like rolling a snowball across the yard and watching it get bigger
I would imagine it works more like a mix of hail and something else than anything. It keeps moving so it forms in a spherical shape, and like hail, it gets trapped in the cycle long enough that it produces massive bits of ice
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