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Freaky Frost Flowers

  • August 27, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

“Frost flowers” in Arctic and Antarctic seas can form on a calm ocean surface when very dry air is much colder than the water. These crystallized structures draw so much brine from the sea that they can be three to five times saltier than the water.

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