One Giant Bubble Bath!
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It was every kids dream come true - a humongous 30 miles long bubble bath to frolic in! - This is exactly what happened on a coastline in New South Wales earlier this month. What was once the Pacific Ocean, turned into waves of foam, engulfing the entire beach and half the buildings nearby.
According to scientists, the foam is created by the churning of powerful water currents in the ocean together with impurities such as salts, chemicals, dead plants, decomposed fish and excretions from seaweed. The two mixed together creates bubbles. These bubbles are stuck to each other as they are carried below the surface by water currents towards the shore. As a wave starts to form on the surface, the motion of the water causes the bubbles to swirl upwards, turning into foam.
Marine experts liken it to making a milkshake - the more powerful the churn, the more foam is created. This was not the first time this beach has become foamy - It also happened in August of last year.
While this may not be the cleanest of bubble baths, as you can see in the pictures below, some kids did not care. They enjoyed frolicking in the fluffy stuff, which they said was like being in the clouds - you were in it but could hardly feel it.
Resources: Gizmag.com, Dailymail.co.uk
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- Delilaover 5 yearsthis is so cool but there no video and they put bubbles is the ocean
- cheese_awesomeover 5 yearsIf you back a bubble bath, you are just sitting in a bathtub full of your wet germy dirt! Ew
- EDover 5 yearsdude the foam is made out of dead animals and plants
- bobyalmost 6 yearsi wish i could take a bubble bath like that
- Jacksonalmost 6 yearsI wish it was today me sad me in cindercarden i like this it look fun
- Billalmost 6 yearsTo bad it was in 2008
- personalmost 6 yearsmy gosh!!!! i want that to happen to me! i want to swim in it!!!!! sooooo coooolll
- beealmost 6 yearsI love this!!!!!!!! :D
- cool dudealmost 6 yearscool stuff,man
- dead by dawnalmost 6 yearsit looks like that person is in the ocean and bubbles are forming behind them