Blowing bubbles (and chasing after them) is a fun pastime that never gets old. That’s why those light-up bubble wands are everywhere. But who knew it could also be a winter sport? Thankfully, a ...

“I shot over 500 pictures of frozen ice bubbles in an hour.” In addition to experimenting with lenses, McDonald tweaked the recipe for bubble mix, adding a tablespoon of glycerin to increase ...

At first, the bubbles were just popping as soon as we blew them. Then, Tiffany decided to hold her bubble upside down on the stick. That’s when we saw ice crystals beginning to form.

Unfortunately, the frozen bubbles don’t last long. As ice crystals form in the bubble’s surface, something else forms along with them: cracks.

How bubbles behave on ice poses many questions, ... “Bubbles stayed in this partially frozen state for a while until the liquid dome collapsed 20 to 30 minutes later,” said Christian ...

This causes ice crystals to chip off the frozen bits of the bubble and go careening across its surface. Each of these crystals forms its own ice-seeding colony, which grows larger, creating the ...

From blowing frozen bubbles to throwing boiling water to tossing cracked eggs. ... giving you the cloud of ice crystals you see. In order to achieve this white cloud, ...

Frozen pipes to frozen bubbles: It's all about the cold. Detroit Free Press staff. View Comments. When the windchill is expected to hit 30 below, everything that matters is all about cold.

Bubbles in ice can also change shape over time as temperature or pressure changes. If you don’t have a nearby pond, you can check out this phenomenon in your freezer.

Kajita has been shooting photos through the ice since 2010 for his project, Ice Formations. He’s captivated by the geometric patterns he sees: fizzy fields of bubbles under the frozen surface ...