Art

Frozen Bubbles

Snowflakes aren’t the only frozen crystals to play with outside in the winter. Photographer Angela Kelly recently posted a series of frozen soap bubbles made by her and her son. In temperatures well below freezing, the thin film of the soap bubble does not survive long before it begins to freeze. The bubbles do not freeze all at once; instead the frost creeps gradually across it. For bubbles sitting on a surface, the ice front expands upward, much the same as with a freezing water drop. Once frozen, the bubbles crack or rip when touched instead of melting and popping. (Photo credit: A. Kelly; via BoredPanda; submitted by jshoer)

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