Icicle growing on a bit of wool

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This movie shows an icicle growing on a bit of wool. The scale at the right shows cm. One second = 15 minutes of real time. Some ripples form on the upper right surface. They move very slightly upward during the growth.

See the icicle ripples page for more about the shape instability of growing icicles.

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Icicle growing on a bit of wool

Go to the Nonlinear Physics Group home page The Experimental Nonlinear Physics Group, Dept. of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George St. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A7. Phone (416) 978 - 6810.

Go to the Nonlinear Physics Group home page

The Experimental Nonlinear Physics Group, Dept. of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George St. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A7. Phone (416) 978 - 6810.