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The temperature of this sinking brine, which was well below 0C, caused the water to freeze in an icy sheath around it.

Where the so-called ‘brinicle’ met the sea bed a web of ice formed freezing everything it touched, including sea urchins and starfish.

#marine  #life  #ice  #starfish  #death  
5 months ago on December 05, 2011 at 02:30pm
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    The temperature of this sinking brine, which was well below 0C, caused the water to freeze in an icy sheath around it....
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    this sinking brine, which was well below 0C, caused...water to freeze in an icy sheath...
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    poor starfish :( in unrelated news, this brinicle thing reminds me of the angel of death sequence from the Prince of...
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