Tag: Schleswig

Frost flowers! I learned about those in the context of Arctic and Antarctic ice formation. I kinda assumed that ice flowers only formed in salt water, because I remember hearing about how the ice needles that form wick up brine and that, due to their large surface (which you will remember noticing in the last post where […]

What happens when water vapour freezes to ice without going through the liquid phase? Frost flowers!!! That’s when trees suddenly look like this: Btw – the stem of that tree is painted white! That’s just to confuse you a little but… But let’s take a closer look. This is what the branches look like: Tiny […]