Glad you like Z. Very alien looking. Let me pass on that in order for ice to form and be so clear it has to form very slowly so forming in water that is surrounded by lots of Earth for example as opposed to water just sitting in a bucket outside has a good chance of forming so clear.
That ice must be pretty thick as as those bubbles look like they go down a ways.
That is super cool looking. If you know how clear ice is made in a ice machine, it's not that huge of a mystery though.
Your trivia for the day:
Truly pure ice – the kind you see in restaurants and professional kitchens – is made in an entirely different way than the ice cubes that are made by freezer ice makers. Clear ice comes in a variety of forms, the most popular of which are bullet ice and chip ice. These are made in ice machines, and unlike ice makers, these machines make ice by spraying layers of water onto small heat sinks. This freezes the ice layer by layer, forcing gasses and impurities out and leaving behind only the pure water that crystallizes.
Franco, I am not the Snow Queen. However, this country is messed up :-]
btw, Have you ever stayed in an ice hotel ? They have em. That sort of thing is not for me. I just don't like cold. I'm not now nor will I ever be an Ice Fisherman. My Uncle and Aunt enjoyed it though and I have a cousin (their offspring) that lives near Flat Lake Alaska. Not for me.
I spent my childhood and high school years in New Jersey, Franco. We lived in a hilly neighborhood when I was in elementary school, so sliding downhill on my "Flexible Flyer" was a big deal –– w all loved it. Loved building Snowmen too. From the time I was four a great aunt and uncle would take me to a frozen pond they knew isolated deep in the woods off a cuntry lane. They'd go there with me –– all of us bndled up in heavy winter clothes ––, then we'd sit on the trunk of a big old fallen tree while they put on their skates. I was too young to skate, so my Unlce Joe would let me stand on the top of his skates, and hold my arms up high while he and Aunt Harriet circled the pond. Exciting stuff for a sheltered litle kid raised in the lap of luxury! I still treasure the memory seventy-odd years later.
When I got a bit older we'd go to Rockefeller Plaza to skate to music in the shadow of the one-hundred-foot tall Christmas Tree behind the golden statue of Prometheus. I once literally bumped into Edie Adams and Ernie Kovacs and their two girls there. All of us were skating together. Edie came from my home town, and we knew her father –– a local real estate agent who helped my Mom and dad buy our house. So it never occurred o me not to introduce myself to them, and talk over Old Times when Edie starred in our annual High School Operetta. Edie was awfully nice to me, but Kovacs remained aloof and looked bored. It wasn't long after that that Kovacs died and left her a widow with two young children to raise and a huge pile of debts to pay off –– which she did all on her own, though it took her years. Edie Adams –– a beautiful, charming, talented, delightful person with a great deal of old fashioned virtue and character. We don't see many like her these days, do we?
I went to college in northern New York State where snow lay on the grund from October to May, so groups of us would go to one of the local parks and rent toboggans to propel us down the steep icy hills sreaming our heads off and laughing all the way.
I never did learn to ski, Alas! But I sure enjoyed the hell out of winter –– back in the day.
NOW, I live the life of a hothouse flower, but feel content to enjoy the memories I have of many remarkable things I can't believe I did back in the day.
Franco, we loved the wintertime and snow activities as kids. Now it's just one big PITA.
Having broken my leg badly and having the surgeon tell me to not break it again as I might lose it, I never got into skiing. Did ride motorcycle for another 20 years though.
Bob, there is apparently a lot of methane lying around. Russia has these huge holround thoght to be formed when a methane deposit gets warm enough and explodes, maybe from a lightning strike.
Some believe huge methane deposits on the ocean floor occasionally rise to the surface as huge bubbles and if under a ship, large or small cause the ship to be swallowed up by the ocean. In the case of airplanes, there was a myth busters episode where they tested a radial combustion engine from an Avenger, and showed that the engine would cease to operate with 1% of the air intake being methane.
I was recruited for the infamous winter ice fishing when young. Of all of the fun things to do, this was not one for me.
That was an amazing piece of info...don't tell Al Gore! There are so many mysterious and wonderful things here on earth, its nice to see them covered. Thanks.
There are amazing thing right here Bunk. I enjoy for example, the Photo of the Day linked on Whatfinger's left sidebar. Click on 'View Slideshow' below the picture and get larger images and right arrow through the archive, losing an hour or so you'll never get back. Really great pics though.
Quite amazing picture. Have you heard of geothermal heating for homes? What made me think of that was the methane bubbles; apparently it is very efficient, but also very expensive. Thanks for the great pictures. Merry Christmas to you and all your readers.
Geothermal is the way to go Sam, but I guess it's one of those things that pays back after some length of time, like metal roofs, or Tesla's new solar shingles and home battery system. Not a lot of people do it because they don't plan to be in the home that long of course.
Thanks for stopping by. Merry Christmas to you sir !
That is absolutely wild! I really wondered what could possibly cause that before I clicked on the picture....very interesting, Kid! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteGlad you like Z. Very alien looking. Let me pass on that in order for ice to form and be so clear it has to form very slowly so forming in water that is surrounded by lots of Earth for example as opposed to water just sitting in a bucket outside has a good chance of forming so clear.
DeleteThat ice must be pretty thick as as those bubbles look like they go down a ways.
That is super cool looking. If you know how clear ice is made in a ice machine, it's not that huge of a mystery though.
ReplyDeleteYour trivia for the day:
Truly pure ice – the kind you see in restaurants and professional kitchens – is made in an entirely different way than the ice cubes that are made by freezer ice makers. Clear ice comes in a variety of forms, the most popular of which are bullet ice and chip ice. These are made in ice machines, and unlike ice makers, these machines make ice by spraying layers of water onto small heat sinks. This freezes the ice layer by layer, forcing gasses and impurities out and leaving behind only the pure water that crystallizes.
Cool. Thanks for the info Adrienne !
DeleteLooks like it belongs in the Snow Queen's Palace in Hans Christian Andersen's famous tale called The Snow Queen.
ReplyDeleteFranco, I am not the Snow Queen. However, this country is messed up :-]
Deletebtw, Have you ever stayed in an ice hotel ? They have em. That sort of thing is not for me. I just don't like cold. I'm not now nor will I ever be an Ice Fisherman. My Uncle and Aunt enjoyed it though and I have a cousin (their offspring) that lives near Flat Lake Alaska. Not for me.
I spent my childhood and high school years in New Jersey, Franco. We lived in a hilly neighborhood when I was in elementary school, so sliding downhill on my "Flexible Flyer" was a big deal –– w all loved it. Loved building Snowmen too. From the time I was four a great aunt and uncle would take me to a frozen pond they knew isolated deep in the woods off a cuntry lane. They'd go there with me –– all of us bndled up in heavy winter clothes ––, then we'd sit on the trunk of a big old fallen tree while they put on their skates. I was too young to skate, so my Unlce Joe would let me stand on the top of his skates, and hold my arms up high while he and Aunt Harriet circled the pond. Exciting stuff for a sheltered litle kid raised in the lap of luxury! I still treasure the memory seventy-odd years later.
DeleteWhen I got a bit older we'd go to Rockefeller Plaza to skate to music in the shadow of the one-hundred-foot tall Christmas Tree behind the golden statue of Prometheus. I once literally bumped into Edie Adams and Ernie Kovacs and their two girls there. All of us were skating together. Edie came from my home town, and we knew her father –– a local real estate agent who helped my Mom and dad buy our house. So it never occurred o me not to introduce myself to them, and talk over Old Times when Edie starred in our annual High School Operetta. Edie was awfully nice to me, but Kovacs remained aloof and looked bored. It wasn't long after that that Kovacs died and left her a widow with two young children to raise and a huge pile of debts to pay off –– which she did all on her own, though it took her years. Edie Adams –– a beautiful, charming, talented, delightful person with a great deal of old fashioned virtue and character. We don't see many like her these days, do we?
I went to college in northern New York State where snow lay on the grund from October to May, so groups of us would go to one of the local parks and rent toboggans to propel us down the steep icy hills sreaming our heads off and laughing all the way.
I never did learn to ski, Alas! But I sure enjoyed the hell out of winter –– back in the day.
NOW, I live the life of a hothouse flower, but feel content to enjoy the memories I have of many remarkable things I can't believe I did back in the day.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, Kid!
Franco, we loved the wintertime and snow activities as kids. Now it's just one big PITA.
DeleteHaving broken my leg badly and having the surgeon tell me to not break it again as I might lose it, I never got into skiing. Did ride motorcycle for another 20 years though.
Frozen methane bubbles. Hmmmm...
ReplyDeleteBob, there is apparently a lot of methane lying around. Russia has these huge holround thoght to be formed when a methane deposit gets warm enough and explodes, maybe from a lightning strike.
DeleteSome believe huge methane deposits on the ocean floor occasionally rise to the surface as huge bubbles and if under a ship, large or small cause the ship to be swallowed up by the ocean. In the case of airplanes, there was a myth busters episode where they tested a radial combustion engine from an Avenger, and showed that the engine would cease to operate with 1% of the air intake being methane.
Ocean deposits swallowing ships is in reference to the Bermuda Triangle.
DeleteI was recruited for the infamous winter ice fishing when young. Of all of the fun things to do, this was not one for me.
ReplyDeleteThat was an amazing piece of info...don't tell Al Gore! There are so many mysterious and wonderful things here on earth, its nice to see them covered. Thanks.
There are amazing thing right here Bunk. I enjoy for example, the Photo of the Day linked on Whatfinger's left sidebar. Click on 'View Slideshow' below the picture and get larger images and right arrow through the archive, losing an hour or so you'll never get back. Really great pics though.
DeleteQuite amazing picture. Have you heard of geothermal heating for homes? What made me think of that was the methane bubbles; apparently it is very efficient, but also very expensive. Thanks for the great pictures. Merry Christmas to you and all your readers.
ReplyDeleteGeothermal is the way to go Sam, but I guess it's one of those things that pays back after some length of time, like metal roofs, or Tesla's new solar shingles and home battery system. Not a lot of people do it because they don't plan to be in the home that long of course.
DeleteThanks for stopping by. Merry Christmas to you sir !
What a great picture!
ReplyDeleteOf course the climate will change when the methane bubbles up, which means several things including:
Impeach Trump
More immigration
Raise taxes
Trans toilets
Cher on The View
War against Russia
There's more but time presses.
LOL. Cher on the view. Yuk. Man she has gotten ugly which is the 1st qualification for that show.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing pic. Who knew methane could look so good coming out 😉
ReplyDeleteCube, and I wonder who took that picture. Someone standing on the ice with a special lens to look straight down and straight ahead ?
DeleteYea, I liked the pic.
PS - I will never 'come out'.