Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Icicle formations dripping ice


Icicle formations dripping ice, originally uploaded by joaobambu.

As snow melts in Berlin, Icicles form. An icicle is a spike of ice formed when water dripping or falling from an object freezes. Typically, icicles will form when ice or snow is melted by either sunlight or some other heat source (such as heat leaking from the interior of a heated building), and the resulting melted water runs off into an area where the ambient temperature is below the freezing point of water (0°C/32°F), causing the water to refreeze. Over time continued water runoff will cause the icicle to grow.

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