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Amazing Foam Day! No surprises, just LOTS of Foam!

submitted by mintbbb

1 decade 2 years 1 month 1 week ago

Obviously this happens every now and then.. I has never seen anything like this until the recent videos! I would NOT be playing in this stuff!

YouTube Description:
Foam Day - Amazing Lorne Australia.

5th June, 2012: The combination of strong and persistent south easterly winds, a raw swell agitating the water, and a large amount of dissolved organic matter due to the 70+mm of rain in the two days prior - resulted in Foam Day (A.K.A. Jack's Favorite Day) in Lorne, Victoria.

Track is "Sail" by Ash Grunwald (originally by Awolnation) from the album "Trouble's Door" (2012).by Alexander Cleland from Vimeo

3 Comments

Title should be, "Playing in Frothy Whale Seamen".

charliem says...

Its caused by breakdown of biological products mixing in with water rather violently. Usually when a large algal bloom dies, the breakdown of the matter acts like a surfactant (destroyer of surface tensions!!!), which causes the foam.

Not usually all that harmful.

heathen says...

I thought "dissolved organic matter" was a euphemism for overspill from flooded sewage treatment plants?

Its caused by breakdown of biological products mixing in with water rather violently. Usually when a large algal bloom dies, the breakdown of the matter acts like a surfactant (destroyer of surface tensions!!!), which causes the foam.

Not usually all that harmful.

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