Another Winter Beauty
Jan 30, 2019 07:23:49 #
Kalina54 wrote:
While Canada is seriously cold during the winter, it is also very beautiful and unique. Here on Abraham Lake, the methane bubbles get trapped and the ice freezes around them below the surface. you can actually watch them rise to the surface and freeze. This was another very cold morning and the wind was blowing which is what makes the lake clear of snow.
Nice shot Kalina.
Jan 30, 2019 07:46:30 #
Jan 30, 2019 07:54:43 #
[quote=ottopj]I didn't understand this: "This was another very cold morning except the wind was blowing which is what makes the lake clear of ice."
"This was another very cold morning and the wind was blowing which is what makes the lake clear of snow".
"This was another very cold morning and the wind was blowing which is what makes the lake clear of snow".
Jan 30, 2019 10:38:43 #
Jan 30, 2019 11:49:02 #
Fotoartist wrote:
Frozen methane, amazing.
Not frozen Methane (-295 F).....frozen water around methane bubbles.
Jan 30, 2019 15:59:16 #
Kalina54 wrote:
While Canada is seriously cold during the winter, it is also very beautiful and unique. Here on Abraham Lake, the methane bubbles get trapped and the ice freezes around them below the surface. you can actually watch them rise to the surface and freeze. This was another very cold morning and the wind was blowing which is what makes the lake clear of snow.
Kalina - amazing picture … thanks for sharing ….
Any idea what caused that long line in the center?
Lastly - where is Abraham Lake? … Which province, or territory?
Jan 30, 2019 19:10:14 #
Jan 30, 2019 19:13:38 #
Kalina54 wrote:
Hi, the line is a crack in the ice and Abraham Lake is in Alberta
Had a feeling you'd say that. Looks like a line from a dock to a boat - somewhere …
Is that near Calgary, or further north - Edmonton way?
Jan 30, 2019 22:17:07 #
Halfway.. Nordegg is the closest town
Chris T wrote:
Had a feeling you'd say that. Looks like a line from a dock to a boat - somewhere …
Is that near Calgary, or further north - Edmonton way?
Is that near Calgary, or further north - Edmonton way?
Jan 30, 2019 22:50:46 #
Kalina54 wrote:
Halfway.. Nordegg is the closest town
Ah, I see … long way from Flagstaff, AZ … huh?
Thanks!!! … Long time since I was up that way … AB, plus AZ, too … '72 …
Jan 31, 2019 00:44:20 #
You have a wonderful “eye” and a well developed vision presented in all your work.
Mar 14, 2019 17:29:29 #
Longshadow wrote:
(Second sentence in the initial post.)
If you are referring to "frozen methane" being "incorrect", that's what most people call methane gas that is caught in frozen water.
If you are referring to "frozen methane" being "incorrect", that's what most people call methane gas that is caught in frozen water.
I agree with DickT and Longshadow...
Unless memories of Physical Chem and thermodynamics seriously fails, the process of bubble expansion within a deformable medium is endothermic, sucking energy from the bubble’s surrounding medium. In water close to freezing, that loss of energy at the methane-water interface results in the water freezing (not the methane). It could be fun to be there with a box of matches at Spring thaw !
Dave
Mar 14, 2019 23:07:14 #
Largobob wrote:
Not frozen Methane (-295 F).....frozen water around methane bubbles.
And if you read again what OP said, the methane bubbles were surrounded by frozen water....
Mar 14, 2019 23:10:17 #
Kalina54 wrote:
While Canada is seriously cold during the winter, it is also very beautiful and unique. Here on Abraham Lake, the methane bubbles get trapped and the ice freezes around them below the surface. you can actually watch them rise to the surface and freeze. This was another very cold morning and the wind was blowing which is what makes the lake clear of snow.
Kalina, first off, I have to tell you this is a stunning image. Living in PA, we never see anything
quite like this, so I really enjoyed the image and your wonderful explanation!
That said, I can't understand why so many people that responded said you meant
the methane bubble were frozen...you never said that, so I'm confused what they
were thinking (or drinking, perhaps?)
Mar 14, 2019 23:56:55 #
Rolk wrote:
Kalina, first off, I have to tell you this is a stunning image. Living in PA, we never see anything
quite like this, so I really enjoyed the image and your wonderful explanation!
That said, I can't understand why so many people that responded said you meant
the methane bubble were frozen...you never said that, so I'm confused what they
were thinking (or drinking, perhaps?)
quite like this, so I really enjoyed the image and your wonderful explanation!
That said, I can't understand why so many people that responded said you meant
the methane bubble were frozen...you never said that, so I'm confused what they
were thinking (or drinking, perhaps?)
Thank you so much for actually reading my post. I am not sure why anyone feels compelled to tell me the temperature that methane freezes 😊
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