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Index of Subjects Very curious patterns and I can not imagine how ice grooves can form at a surface unless they represent 'canals' between micro ice floes that are the last part of the surface to freeze. I once saw & heard fist sized thin ice at Kingsport on a falling tide. The ice piled up against the old wharf and then was swept towards the end with a sheeee sound. Yt, DW, Kentville ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Whitman" <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com> To: "naturens" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 4:58 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Ice "Crystal" on Forest Pool >I came across a forest pool this morning that had patterned ice nicer > than I've ever seen before. I know there was no wind at all overnight. > Aside from that, there must have been some sort of ice crystal process > and possibly some sort of "super cooling" process followed by very > fast freezing. This is all guess work on my part but it gave a unique > result. I hope you can see that the ice surface is actually scored, as > if it were crystal. Very "arts" stuff but some will enjoy it. > > http://tinyurl.com/cx3zdyu > > Rick Whitman > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.2793 / Virus Database: 2629/5902 - Release Date: 11/17/12 >
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