[HN Gopher] Extruding Ice from Steel Fences and Pipes with Diurn...
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       Extruding Ice from Steel Fences and Pipes with Diurnal Freeze/Thaw
        
       Author : yosamino
       Score  : 119 points
       Date   : 2021-02-13 06:08 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (my.ilstu.edu)
        
       | djtriptych wrote:
       | anybody have a line on time-lapse video of this phenomenon?
        
       | ehwhyreally wrote:
       | I wonder what would happen if you threw some motion on the pole.
       | Make it spin around and see what patterns you get
        
       | grogenaut wrote:
       | Wondering if you could make winter ice fountain sculptures out of
       | this phenomenon
        
       | swimfar wrote:
       | Pretty cool. I don't ever remember seeing this occur anywhere.
       | More examples of this occurring in nature on his main page:
       | http://my.ilstu.edu/~jrcarter/ice/diurnal/
        
       | zhouyisu wrote:
       | 3D printing for water(ice)?
        
       | mc32 wrote:
       | Somewhat related is needle ice[1] and ice wool. Temp and humidity
       | differences cause curious ice formations.
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       | [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needle_ice
        
       | pablobaz wrote:
       | Reminds me of "ice jacking" that was blamed when a ski lift
       | collapsed in Whistler.
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       | https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler-news/ice-jacking-...
        
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