Super Sea Foam in Australia!
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Super Sea Foam in Australia!
Suddenly the shoreline north of Sydney were transformed into the Cappuccino Coast. Foam swallowed an entire beach and half the nearby buildings, including the local lifeguards' centre, in a freak display of nature at Yamba in New South Wales.
One minute a group of teenage surfers were waiting to catch a wave, the next they were swallowed up in a giant bubble bath. The foam was so light that they could puff it out of their hands and watch it float away.
One minute a group of teenage surfers were waiting to catch a wave, the next they were swallowed up in a giant bubble bath. The foam was so light that they could puff it out of their hands and watch it float away.
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Originally Posted by 8D_In_Trunk,Dec 12 2007, 11:39 AM
Somebody actually have a linked story?
And does somebody have more pictures of chicks in bikinis wading around in it?
And does somebody have more pictures of chicks in bikinis wading around in it?
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The obvious question that occurred to many people was whether this was due to ocean pollution, and according to John Dengate of the NSW Department for the Environment and Conservation, the answer is no. This is a natural process occurring in especially big seas, where plankton and other small sea organisms are literally pulverised against the rocks of the shoreline, resulting in a very fine protein suspension in the sea which coats the air-bubbles created by the waves to create a stiff froth, just the same way as egg protein coats air bubbles to make meringue, and beer protein coats air bubbles to produce a head of foam in a beer glass.
Pretty cool.
Pretty cool.