Post by grrraaahhh on Nov 24, 2011 4:56:12 GMT -9
From BBC Nature:
A bizarre underwater 'icicle of death' has been captured on camera by BBC film-makers.
Using timelapse cameras, specialists recorded the salt water being excluded from the sea ice and sinking to the sea floor.
The temperature of this sinking brine, which was well below 0C, caused the water to freeze in an icy sheath around it.
www.bbc.co.uk/nature/15835014
A bizarre underwater 'icicle of death' has been captured on camera by BBC film-makers.
Using timelapse cameras, specialists recorded the salt water being excluded from the sea ice and sinking to the sea floor.
The temperature of this sinking brine, which was well below 0C, caused the water to freeze in an icy sheath around it.
www.bbc.co.uk/nature/15835014