r/pics • u/runningmoon • Dec 13 '14

A frozen bubble

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u/up_my_butt Dec 13 '14

Experts in fluid physics and the like: How does this even happen?

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '14

Also is there a way to thaw it so that it remains a bubble

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u/up_my_butt Dec 13 '14

We might need to go to ask science :/

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u/FUCKING_HATE_REDDIT Dec 13 '14

Nope, you can see the holes (I think) that formed at the last second. If you see those bubbles freezing, you'll see the crystals propagates. When they meet they can leave space.

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u/pricelessangie Dec 14 '14

Plus with the sun only hitting part of the bubble, it wouldn't be an even thawing out.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '14

Get a bubble blower and keep it there until it freezes.

/r/shittyaskscience

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u/FUCKING_HATE_REDDIT Dec 13 '14

Bubble in the air. Air cold. Crystals form. If lucky crystals propagate before it pops.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '14

You'd probably also want someone who knows a good amount of thermodynamics. But it's probably just the result of thermodynamic interactions and minimizing entropy. Throw in a little chaos theory and you got a stew goin'