The beautiful snow flower blooms in the Arctic Ocean

Snow flower is a strange phenomenon famous in the Arctic Ocean, formed in the "defect" of ice on the surface of the sea, between the cold near -22 degrees Celsius.

This beautiful scenery was captured by oceanographer Jeff Bowman
and Professor Jody Demin of Washington University recorded. 'Snowflakes'
formed when ice on the sea is formed in the winter in the polar region.

The formation and 'growth' of 'snowflakes' can be observed.

The complex structure of 'snow flower' is shaped
from moisture and frozen sea salt.

Because of the accumulation of salt, these snowflakes
often very salty, salty 5 times the salinity of the ocean.

Although 'snowflakes' bloom in the Arctic Ocean and Antarctica, but
to reach them is not easy. Face tape
underneath them are usually very thin, unable to step up.