Eric Flescher
EF5
I've never seen these before but I am going to start looking for them
Ice flowers
http://my.ilstu.edu/~jrcarter/ice/
Ice flowers
http://my.ilstu.edu/~jrcarter/ice/
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ice flowers
- Thread starter Eric Flescher
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This is very interesting, ive never seen anything like this before, but it makes me wonder if what i thought was trash or white styrofoam could have been these ? Thanks for the post, very unique indeed.
Brian Emfinger
EF4
Indeed, as a child I thought they were trash or something. I didn't seem them again till a couple years ago and figured out what they were after doing some checking online. The conditions for them to form are a bit limited. The main places I find them when the conditions are ripe are in wet locations (ie valleys and/or not far from some water source, low lying areas). I have noticed they happen most frequently in fall / early winter... probably because of the decrease in moisture as our dry winter progresses and the ground can't be frozen. And of course they only seem to form on certain plants. I didn't read all through that site but it probably says much of the same. Here are a few from the many I have taken pictures of:
http://www.realclearwx.com/images/rp11230807.jpg
http://www.realclearwx.com/images/rp11230808.jpg
http://www.realclearwx.com/images/rp11230809.jpg
http://www.realclearwx.com/images/rp11230810.jpg
http://www.realclearwx.com/images/rp11230812.jpg
http://www.realclearwx.com/images/28ttn.jpg
http://www.realclearwx.com/images/rp11230807.jpg
http://www.realclearwx.com/images/rp11230808.jpg
http://www.realclearwx.com/images/rp11230809.jpg
http://www.realclearwx.com/images/rp11230810.jpg
http://www.realclearwx.com/images/rp11230812.jpg
http://www.realclearwx.com/images/28ttn.jpg
I thought I recognized the name on some of those pictures on SpaceWeather!
Those are beautiful Brian, especially the one that is showing in your post (not linked like others).
It is like someone spun silk strands around the stem.
http://www.aurorasilk.com/fibers/images/silk_spun_big.jpg
Those are beautiful Brian, especially the one that is showing in your post (not linked like others).
It is like someone spun silk strands around the stem.
http://www.aurorasilk.com/fibers/images/silk_spun_big.jpg
Paul Austin
Yeah, it looks like the process for creating them would be similar to that of silk. Like silk, the ice ribbons would be extruded under pressure through the stem of the plant. At low enough temps the water freezes quickly upon contact with the air and upon release from the pressure within the plant. The ribbon grows unevenly, causing it to curl onto itself in a wavy pattern. I guess what's strange is that the water seeps out along a very straight and even seam. As for the silk-like strands, perhaps water is extruded only from small pores. I don't know; I'm just speculating. It seems reasonable. Beautiful pics, by the way, Brian. I've never seen them before, myself.
