Very hot or boiling water will freeze into tiny ice crystals almost instantly when tossed into frigid air (-30°F/-34°C) forming an icy mist. Boiling water is close to the point of vaporization into gas so it breaks into minute droplets when thrown into the cold air. The tiny droplets lose heat so quickly that they freeze almost instantly.
If you want to see something truly amazing, try blowing soap bubbles in -30. You will get ice bubbles.
About hot water tossing:
Very hot or boiling water will freeze into tiny ice crystals almost instantly when tossed into frigid air (-30°F/-34°C) forming an icy mist. Boiling water is close to the point of vaporization into gas so it breaks into minute droplets when thrown into the cold air. The tiny droplets lose heat so quickly that they freeze almost instantly.
If you want to see something truly amazing, try blowing soap bubbles in -30. You will get ice bubbles.
ozswede74 3 years ago
No, I've seen this happen live, that's genuinely what it looks like, it's not baby powder, it's science...
BeyondMagic 4 years ago
that was so baby powder of some shit like it
kriskatz13 4 years ago