Bizarre Phenomenon---Ice Projectiles

Can anyone explain this to me ? My ice makes projectiles. Usually more than an inch and on an angle. This is real, not plastic. If it was fake, it could be duplicated. Please send me a pic if you have this happen to your ice in your freezer.

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[alexandraphipps]

this happened to me a few times and i also took pictures. i took sent them to some physicists and chemists through a biologist friend of mine and it turns out that the phenomenon has been studied and can apparently be repeated with the right variables. i'd forward you the science stuff they sent me on the subject but i can't find it right now. i just remember that the chances of getting these ice spikes/projectiles increases w/ the purity of the water.

[4theWorld2c]

Thanks for sharing. I have had people respond and tell me they have seen this before. I have had people respond and tell me the special conditions necesary for this to occur.

I have never had anyone repsond with a picture of one that they either created or

occurred naturally.

I've had this happen with tap water in NYC, and water in Florida.

I look forward to seeing a picture of one that occured naturally, and especially of one deliberatley created w/o any special conditions.

[4theWorld2c]

I recently had another one occur.

It lasted for almost a week after surviving a number of defrost cycles. It was almost 3" long on a similar angle.

If you do a You Tube search, apparently this is the only one on You Tube, I just discovered.

[bobnot75]

crap video and a crap attitude towards people you sir are an idiot!

[4theWorld2c]

The opinion of a moron is irrelevant.

Thanks for being compelled to share.

Perhaps any of the other multi-millions of other videos producers may appreciate your

your stupidity.

[232323C]

@4theWorld2c lol

[bigchefandy]

Grr... can't paste links here.

Go on google and search for "ice spikes".

The first result is an article on the phenomena at on the Caltech website.

[illdrew818]

How Bizarre! maybe there was some chemical in the water and some reaction occurred

[jaypiff888]

sorry to rain on your parade but it is most likely possible that during the process of freezing maybe water from the top of you freezer drips and at a moment that drip freezes.

[Jangle2007]

@bsatom - INteresting theory, and the best one going at this time. The evap fan theory bellow doesn't sound plausible.

The question though is, how old is this ice formation in the freezer?...w/in say 24 hours, or is it months old. The difference would likely include at least one defrost cycle. I'm trying to imagine a whether the de-frost cycle could be at work here, in combination with the fan causing an angled ice stalagmite.

[bsatom]

Mine does it every once in a while. I lived here for 9 years before it happened several times in a year. Same fridge. Has not happened in months. Water contracts slightly until 35 degrees, then it expands greatly from 35 to 32 degrees. I figure the expanding water inside the cube breaches the frozen exterior at the weakest point, and creates a slow motion freezing fountain. But why the strange timing? I do NOT agree with the fan pulling the water upwards hypothesis at all.

[neonracer482]

the only thing i can think of is the evap. coil in ur freezer might be a little plugged up and causes the evap. fan to draw more amps, thus creating a hard suction air flow. the evap. fan slightly pulls on the water as it freezes and by the time the water is turned to ice it has formed a "pillar". make sense??? iv seen some pretty bizzare things happen with refrigeration units!!

[WolYou]

Growing cristals. Not a "projectile".

[troubledseed]

Yes but the point of the video is how it happend? how did it occur in the freezer? this is why the video exist.

[DemonWolf60]

bet that makes em easy to get out of the tray huh