The What To Do When it's Below Freezing and You're Bored Chronicles continue with meteorologist Eric Holthaus, who magically turned boiling water into snow this morning. It was -21°F in Viroqua, Wisc. with a windchill of -51°F, and Holthaus braved the cold with a pot of boiling water, which he hurled into the morning air. It immediately turned into snow.
Because Holthaus loves science, he shared the process of his little trick:
The science that went into my boiling-water-into-snow trick: http://t.co/p1AeCTgL8M cc: @WillOremus (key info, T=-21, Td=-30 when I did it)
Be lucky it's not that cold wherever you are, unless it is.
[via Business Insider]
