Boy in the bubble bath: Tom Woods, 12, emerges from the clouds of foam after deciding that surfing was not an option.It stretched for 30 miles out into the Pacific in a phenomenon not seen at the beach for more than three decades. Scientists explain that the foam is created by impurities in the ocean, such as salts, chemicals, dead plants, decomposed fish and excretions from seaweed. All are churned up together by powerful currents which cause the water to form bubbles. These bubbles stick to each other as they are carried below the surface by the current towards the shore. As a wave starts to form on the surface, the motion of the water causes the bubbles to swirl upwards and, massed together, they become foam.The foam 'surfs' towards shore until the wave 'crashes', tossing the foam into the air.
Whitewash: The foam was so thick it came all the way up to the surf club'.It's the same effect you get when you whip up a milk shake in a blender,' explains a marine expert. 'The more powerful the swirl, the more foam you create on the surface and the lighter it becomes.' In this case, storms off the New South Wales Coast and further north off Queensland had created a huge disturbance in the ocean, hitting a stretch of water where there was a particularly high amount of the substances which form into bubbles.
I'm sure of one thing, it's real bad case of serious pollution and having fun in that will surely gain a gift too - a skin disease!Believe it or not?
Reading: Cappuccino Coast: The day the Pacific was whipped up into an ocean of froth - Daily Mail
Tags: Whipped Ocean, Cappuccino Coast, Sydney, Yamba, New South Wales, Queensland, Pollution, Giant Bubble Bath
2 comments:
omg, it seems fun! Hehe, I never know such phenomena could happen to the sea. Thanks for sharing!
I thought to myself that it looked fun until I read "salts, chemicals, dead plants, decomposed fish and excretions from seaweed. If those people in the pictures knew that, I'm sure they'd think twice before diving into the foam.
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