Ice Flowers: Most Beautiful Frozen Wonders on Earth

Post by **vicked.vicky** » Oct 10, 2008 Views: 64061

Ice flowers are formed on new layers of sea ice, from saturated water vapors that come up from under the ice through cracks. In contact with the cold air, the vapors start to freeze and the salt on the surface of the ice begins to crystallize and serves as a nucleus for the frozen vaporized water. Thus, molecule by molecule the ice flowers begin to take shape. They have recently been recognized as the dominant source of sea salt aerosol in Antarctica and scientist suspect they may be the main cause of tropospheric ozone depletion during the polar sunrise. One of the most beautiful frozen wonders on Earth, ice flowers are still a mystery to many people.

Ahmad · Post by **Ahmad** » Oct 10, 2008

Perfect natural beauty.

thanks for sharing vicky

Pearl · Post by **Pearl** » Sep 08, 2009

beautiful

Post by **admin** » Oct 01, 2009

so beautiful

suchitra · Post by **suchitra** » Oct 02, 2009

Wonderful!

hussien · Post by **hussien** » Dec 02, 2009

LOVELY

bebo · Post by **bebo** » Feb 23, 2010

so cute

reesh · Post by **reesh** » Jun 18, 2011

wonderful

SpArkliNg AnGel · Post by **SpArkliNg AnGel** » Oct 21, 2011

Nyc & Loving !!

Thanx 4 Shearing !!

hina_shst · Post by **hina_shst** » Nov 12, 2011

Cool Cool Flowers