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Biologists Finally Solve Mystery of Hair Ice


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Hair Ice, also known as ice wool, takes the shape of fine hairs - diameter near 0.02 mm, length up to 20 cm. It can be observed in forests, on dead wood, usually on the ground and sometimes on trees that are still standing.

According to Dr Hofmann's team, hair ice grows on the surface of the unfrozen wood body of certain moist and rotten branches of broad-leaf trees. The hairs are smooth, often with a silky shine. They are found in bunches of beautiful structures such as curls and waves, sometimes with clear parting or zoning, but without ramification.

http://www.sci-news....fusa-03051.html

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I've never heard of this but it looks really neat. Cool that people are still studying things that we know about but don't really understand. Who knows, maybe innoccuous discoveries like this can continue to help us learn new, useful things.

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