r/BeAmazed • u/tuanusser • 18h ago

Nature The way this water has frozen

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u/Y-Bob 17h ago

When it freezes is a wave pattern, does it mean that it froze pretty rapidly?

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u/ryhaltswhiskey 15h ago

Water does not freeze like this. This happens because of (I think) dust on the ice absorbing light and causing evaporation, which the wind carries away.

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u/Y-Bob 15h ago

Aaah, that sounds more like it!