From: Eric Muller (emuller@isaac.exploratorium.edu)
Date: Sat Sep 25 1999 - 21:43:04 PDT
Message-Id: <l03110700b41353a1d7e7@[192.174.2.95]> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 21:43:04 -0700 From: Eric Muller <emuller@isaac.exploratorium.edu> Subject: ice stalagmites
A friend asked me a question I couldn't answer:
She says that often, when she leaves ice cubes in her freezer for long
periods of time, they develop stalagmite formations (cave like columns).
She asked me how/why they form. I said I would get back to her on
this..any guesses?
Eric Muller
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Science Teacher on Staff
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San Francisco, CA 94123
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