Strange water phenomenon - Smarter Every Day
Please help me understand what is going on here. Like I mention in the video, the temperature was ABOVE freezing and snow was melting. This water was running from a spring type source and...
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Hey, it's me, Destin. I'm in my secret winter wonderland spot and I just got a boot full of ice cold water 'cos of this waterfall. There's something interesting happening here, I don't understand it. Umm, it looks like water droplets are standing on water droplets. It looks like water is hydrophobic. So, if you might have noticed why... I'd like to know. I mean I understand it probably has something to do with the covalent bonds and surface tension... whatever. It's the middle of the winter here in Alabama. It looks like when a bead of water skates across a hot griddle it creates a layer of water vapor underneath it. Only that's not what it is because it's... it's almost freezing, it's actually a little bit warme...
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Hey, it's me, Destin. I'm in my secret winter wonderland spot and I just got a boot full of ice cold water 'cos of this waterfall. There's something interesting happening here, I don't understand it. Umm, it looks like water droplets are standing on water droplets. It looks like water is hydrophobic. So, if you might have noticed why... I'd like to know. I mean I understand it probably has something to do with the covalent bonds and surface tension... whatever. It's the middle of the winter here in Alabama. It looks like when a bead of water skates across a hot griddle it creates a layer of water vapor underneath it. Only that's not what it is because it's... it's almost freezing, it's actually a little bit warme...
