Re: [Phys-l] Fwd: Full (sic) Moon - Thursday, November 13, 2008

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

I forgot the Phys-L server strips attachments.  I couldn't find the  
original, but here are more:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlXfaOFgkd4

bc


On 2008, Nov 12, , at 21:18, Bernard Cleyet wrote:

> A friend sent this, forwarded by another friend.
>
> bc
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> Begin forwarded message:
> > November 13, 2008
> >
> > Frosty Moon
> >
> > Some of the stranger ice formations you're likely to find in the  
> > woods are called "frost flowers" or "feather frost."
> > A typical example looks like a small puff-ball of cotton candy, a  
> > few inches across, made up of clusters of thin, curved ice filaments.
> >
> > Frost flowers usually grow on a piece of water-logged wood, as  
> > shown in the above picture (taken by Nick Page; provided by Alan  
> > Rempel).
> > It's something of a rare find, meaning that conditions have to be  
> > just so before it will form.
> >
> > Not much has been written on this unusual phenomenon, and to my  
> > knowledge it has never been reproduced in a controlled laboratory  
> > environment.  It appears that the ice filaments are essentially  
> > pushed out from pores in the wood as they freeze.
> >
> > It's something of a misnomer to call this frost, by the way, since  
> > it freezes from liquid water, not water vapor.
> >
> > Kenneth G. Libbrecht, Caltech
> > www.SnowCrystals.com
> >
> >
> >
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