How do these things work?

How do these things work?

It just doesn't make any sense... wtf

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Sometimes I look in the freezer and notice the ice in the ice maker is taking on shapes different from when the ice has just been freshly made. The ice chips melt a little bit and refreeze and melt together.

Our planet's goddamn beautiful isn't she?

What's the conundrum - what's your actual question?

Let that be a lesson. Your common sense is a good guide to hunting down something to eat, not to how the world works on larger or smaller scales. It lies to you.

Ice isn't a 100% solid. Is there anything in this universe that won't succumb to the effect of the pitch drop experiment given and infinite amount of time?

er.... the apparatus used to test it?

>she
fucken dropped

...

These aren't the same effects.

the lower layers melt due to pressure, this makes the glacier flow.

I actually did some calculation in a thermo class once where we had to calculate the height of an ice statue so that it would melt under it's own pressure when the temperatue rises from about -20C to -1C.

The height required was about 1300m

For glaciers, the zone of flow starts at a minimum depth of 50m.

Crevasses scare the shit out of me

I think I know the phenomenon you're referring to. But what's the 9-volt battery for?

Scale?

There is nothing at all to be afraid of.
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Well I am never going to ski now.

>you drill a hole into the glacier
>wait 10 years
>world's longest slip & slide

Melting point changes with pressure. Thus at sufficient depth the glacier will be plastic and any borehole will close in quickly.

The drawing does not appear to take sufficient account of temperature.

It's only when skiing on glaciers.

There's soo many other things to worry about when skiing.

t. ski patroller.

Pure crystalline carbon.

REALLY LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER

It's fake.