Frozen wave

[Newmania]

How the hell does this happen?

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/tags/tidal-wave/

[MJMANDALAY]

My eyes are having problems believing, but it looks cool.

[FAZ8218]

"whaa"

[Sct Ptersns Twn]

Global warming?

:piss2http://www.meaus.com/100-al-gore-2005.JPEG :piss

[mikepop]

Looks like a glacier.

[Dave _from_Kiev]

How the hell does this happen?

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/tags/tidal-wave/


Cold (32 deg fnht) + water = ice.

Thats how!

[FAZ8218]

Cold (32 deg fnht) + water = ice.

Thats how!
Edit: Not necessarily, sir. A wave of that magnitude could be salt water... the freezing point of salt water is different, and depends on how much salt is actually in it...
http://www.csgnetwork.com/h2ofreezecalc.html

[Newmania]

Cold (32 deg fnht) + water = ice.

Thats how!

I had a feeling that was coming. :rolleyes:

[Sct Ptersns Twn]

Where is Wifflebat lube when I need him! You tools bore me.....:icon_roll

(with this drivel)

[Sct Ptersns Twn]

BTW, not that uncommon I guess?

http://www.highfrequency.net/antarctic%20images/sept2001/sept3/mvc-336f.jpg

[Puddle O AIDs]

Thats awesome

Nature fucks with your head sometimes

[DanaReevesLungs]

Very cool.

Think a piece of glacier fell off to cause the wave and the low air temp froze it that quickly??

[Flowizm]

My theory; Large frozen body of water breaks up, a chunk get slowly pushed up, by pieces moving, forming more ice on the bottom as it goes up and the elements smooth out the exposed surface. You can see the layers in the white portion. A slow process, not an 'instantly frozen' tidal wave.

[Mommadeez4u]

Could be an iceberg recaptured by sheet ice.

[ih8Uboo-boo]

That is cool, I thought that the link was to this video...

Link (http://www.break.com/index/newfoundland_frozen_waves.html)

[HockeyHelmet]

last picture looks photoshoped

[Onion Bag]

If it froze that fast I wish it would thaw just as quick and we see a video of a guy being crushed by a 200 million year old wave.

[Budyzir]

I’m thinking its polar pack ice. It’s been a long time since my oceanography classes but, I remember something about how some seawater can freeze relatively clear and then shift up as the ice moves.

Cool pics.

[TreeFortRichard]

Yeah, I'm going with some kind of upwelling of large ice combined with wind erosion/polishing...

[distortion9]

I vote meteor = big splash + very cold air = instant frozen wave

[Glenn Dandy]

Yeah, I'm going with some kind of upwelling of large ice combined with wind erosion/polishing...
Pretty much.

A wave cant freeze! unless you throw (whats that shit called) nitrogen? on it. And if its salt, im not even sure it would work.

Heres an extreme case of freezing... Niagra falls 1911
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/2007/01/falls.jpg

[Iron Duke]

It's a glacier. Wait..................yeah, it's a glacier. Last time I checked you couldn't surf on a glacier. Therfore. Bravo Sierra.