Ice-pectacular! Amazing moment hot water immediately FREEZES after being thrown out into the air on a -44°C day
- Footage shows people in China splashing hot water from flasks into mid-air
- The water is seen turning into ice crystals and forming an arc-shaped misty halo
- The scene was spotted in the northernmost Chinese city of Mohe on Sunday
- It was the coldest day in Mohe so far this winter with a temperature of -44.3°C
This is the dramatic moment hot water instantly froze and formed an arc-shaped ice halo after being splashed in the air by residents in China.
Footage shows the water immediately turning into ice crystals as people leaned backwards and threw the liquid out of flasks into mid-air.
The scene was spotted in the northernmost Chinese city of Mohe on Sunday when its temperature plummeted to minus 44.3 degrees Celsius (minus 47.74 degrees Fahrenheit), the lowest yet this winter.
This is the amazing moment hot water instantly froze and formed an arc-shaped ice halo after being splashed in the air by residents in China. The scene was spotted in Mohe On Sunday
Footage filmed on Sunday in the city of Mohe in China shows the water immediately turning into ice crystals as people leaned backwards and threw the liquid out of flasks into mid-air
The city of Mohe situated in Heilongjiang Province is known for its harsh winters with a recorded lowest temperature of minus 52.3 degrees Celsius (minus 62.14 degrees Fahrenheit).
On Sunday, people rushed outside to create the spectacular designs in Mohe as the city saw the coldest day since beginning of winter with a temperature of minus 44.3 degrees Celsius (minus 47.74 degrees Fahrenheit), according to reports.
Footage released by BBC shows people bending backwards while holding the flasks as they splashed the water into mid-air.
On Sunday, people rushed outside to create the spectacular designs in Mohe as the city saw the coldest day since beginning of winter with a temperature of minus 44.3 degrees Celsius
Every year, the extremely cold weather has drawn residents and tourists to enjoy the snowy world by squirting water into the air to become ice, a unique activity dubbed ‘Mohe speciality’
Every year, the extremely cold weather draws residents and tourists to Mohe to enjoy the snowy world by squirting water into the air to become ice, a unique activity dubbed ‘Mohe speciality’ by Chinese media.
After being thrown into the freezing air, the hot water rapidly cools down and turns into ice crystals, forming an arc-shaped ice halo that looks like arrows shooting in a circle.
As temperature drops, residents in parts of northern China have also found giant spinning ice discs forming on rivers, a rare natural phenomenon that occurs in cold climates.
One of such ice circles, measuring about 33 feet (10 metres) wide, was spotted slowly rotating on the surface of the Taoer River in Inner Mongolia’s Ulanhot on December 3.
Last month, the natural rarity was spotted in Inner Mongolia’s Genhe, a city dubbed ‘China’s pole of cold’.
Ice discs come into being due to the fact that warm water is less dense than cold water, therefore when the ice melts and sinks, the motion creates a vortex underneath the chunk, causing it to turn, according to National Geographic, citing a 2016 study.