Wednesday, January 9, 2013

The divide between fresh water meets salt water

Beautiful & Unique



this is a place in the Gulf of Alaska where two oceans meet but do not mix.

this happened when fresh water glaciers melted and flowed to join the ocean water, and cuz of the difference in the salinity and densities of these two water bodies, a surface tension developed between them that acts like a thin wall which prevents them from mixing. the boundary between the two is outlined by a thin layer of foam.

its kind of poetic... two powerful bodies of water, relentlessly standing together, but unable to become one. they're like the unrequited lovers of aquatic bodies. but fret not you hopeless romanticss, according to scientists this story will get its happy ending; given enough time, the differences between these two bodies will disappear and they will merge together



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Mr Chang C.L.

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