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The fact that the northern seas freeze is from the lessons of geography, probably everyone knows. But can shafts of waves freeze, turning in a blink of an eye into huge icy rifts?
Obviously, even in the most terrible frosts, water in the sea at first calms down, and then gradually freezes. Especially since she – salty, and such a solution is less responsive to low temperatures. In a word, frozen waves are something from a fairy tale or fiction.
A photo from open sources
But no, American photographer Jonathan Nimerfroch managed capture the island of Nantucket a unique phenomenon when the waves Atlantic Ocean turned into frozen trees. Many experts believe that this is just a photo montage, because “frozen waves” in this form is simply an impossible phenomenon. However, Jonathan himself claims that he did not “paint on” – just filmed what he saw, what she created Mother is nature …
Admire also the snow waves. Video shot in the north Sakhalin Islands. So the Sea of Okhotsk freezes – it freezes, reluctantly turning into a “snow porridge”, and then a snow-ice cover. However, frozen transparent waves have never been seen here …
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