worlds LARGEST protien skimmer

[Alexander]

the ocean!

HERE'S SOMETHING WE'LL NEVER SEE.........WHIPPED OCEAN........AMAZING!



Suddenly the shoreline north of Sydney were transformed into the

Cappuccino Coast. Foam swallowed an entire beach and half the nearby

buildings, including the local lifeguards' centre, in a freak display of

nature at Yamba in New South Wales.


One minute a group of teenage surfers were waiting to catch a wave, the

next they were swallowed up in a giant bubble bath. The foam was so light

that they could puff it out of their hands and watch it float away.







Boy in the bubble b ath: Tom Woods, 12, emerges from the clouds of foam

after deciding that surfing was not an option



It stretched for 30 miles out into the Pacific in a phenomenon not seen at

the beach for more than three decades. Scientists explain that the foam is

created by impurities in the ocean, such as salts, chemicals, dead plants,

decomposed fish and excretions from seaweed. All are churned up together by

powerful currents which cause the water to form bubbles. These bubbles stick

to each other as they are carried below the surface by the current towards

the shore. As a wave starts to form on the surface, the motion of the water

causes the bubbles to swirl upwards and, massed together, the! y become

foam. < BR>

The foam 'surfs' towards shore until the wave 'crashes', tossing the foam

into the air.







Whitewash: The foam was so thick it came all the way up to the surf club



'It's t he same effect you get when you whip up a milk shake in a

blender,' explains a marine expert. 'The more powerful the swirl, the more

foam you create on the surface and the lighter it becomes.' In this case,

storms off the New South Wales Coast and further north off Queensland had

created a huge disturbance in the ocean, hitting a stretch of water where

there was a particularly high amount of the substances which form into

bubbles. As for 12-year-old beachgoer Tom Woods, w ho has been surfing since

he was two, riding a wave was out of the question. 'Me and my mates just

spent the afternoon leaping about in that stuff,' he said.



'It was quite cool to touch and it was really weird. It was like clouds of

air - you could hardly feel it.'







Children play among all the foam which was been whipped up by cyclonic

conditions.

[Bifferwine]

Wow, this is really old! Someone else posted this same thing like, 6 months ago. Way to go Redline!!!

[Alexander]

glad you hated it

[Bifferwine]

LOL... Sorry if I hurt your feelings.

[Alexander]

i guess it just proves you a better mod than i could ever be, i missed that thread therefore i failed


hopefully the people who have joined in the last 6 mos will enjoy it

[Bifferwine]

Hmmmm... And why the plug for Doc's tank in the middle of your post?

[MikMcgyver]

This thread is missing something... oh ya...
















MORE COWBELL!

[cthegame]

Last 6 months guy here! WOW - thats all i gotta say. Thanks s13redline.

[Doc]

he loves me

-Doc

[SSalty]

If they only knew what was in that foam