. slides/ice giant.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:31:47 +0000 Jalbum 8.0 It's very cold tonight, so we played with bubbles If you blow them upwards enough they have time to freeze on the way down. It's very cold tonight, so we played with bubbles If you blow them upwards enough they have time to freeze on the way down. slides/ice giant.jpg slides/planet.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:31:47 +0000 Jalbum 8.0 Often with beautiful frost-feather patterns. Often with beautiful frost-feather patterns. slides/planet.jpg slides/moons.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:31:47 +0000 Jalbum 8.0 The "moons" are unfrozen bubbles in the background. Not all bubbles freeze, I guess due to lack of nucleation sites. The "moons" are unfrozen bubbles in the background. Not all bubbles freeze, I guess due to lack of nucleation sites. slides/moons.jpg slides/post.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:31:47 +0000 Jalbum 8.0 The nacreous look was more pronounced with the first bubble solution we used, but it ran out. The nacreous look was more pronounced with the first bubble solution we used, but it ran out. slides/post.jpg slides/clipped.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:31:47 +0000 Jalbum 8.0 Chasing bubbles round a very icy garden (we'd made an ice-slide right down the path), in the dark while looking through a viewfinder is surprisingly hard. Chasing bubbles round a very icy garden (we'd made an ice-slide right down the path), in the dark while looking through a viewfinder is surprisingly hard. slides/clipped.jpg slides/fence.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:31:47 +0000 Jalbum 8.0 The bubbles always seem to freeze from the top down. I think this is because the sky radiates a lot less heat than even frozen grass. The bubbles always seem to freeze from the top down. I think this is because the sky radiates a lot less heat than even frozen grass. slides/fence.jpg slides/partly.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:31:47 +0000 Jalbum 8.0 Framing or focus - you choose. Framing or focus - you choose. slides/partly.jpg slides/pop.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:31:47 +0000 Jalbum 8.0 I never thought I'd get this shot. I never thought I'd get this shot. slides/pop.jpg slides/debris.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:31:47 +0000 Jalbum 8.0 The debris from a burst is like a tiny bit of thin gossamer. The debris from a burst is like a tiny bit of thin gossamer. slides/debris.jpg