Despite presenting numerous pictures and discussions of steam fog around the Lake, I had never before seen the little demonstration offered here: produce a steam fog by tossing boiling water outside on a really cold day. I learned of it from a friend in Pennsylvania, who learned of it from a correspondent in Brazil, who learned of it from a video doing the rounds in Brazil:\u00a0Agua a ferver com uma temperatura a 30\u00ba NEGATIVOS<\/em> (roughly: throw boiling water at a temperature of -30\u00b0C). I found the video on Youtube<\/a>. When I tried the experiment this morning, the temperature was only\u00a0-5\u00b0C, and the result is not as spectacular as shown on the video, but it was easier to see what is going on.<\/p>\n In the first picture, freshly boiled water is tossed from a (Pyrex) cup. \u00a0The water breaks into falling drops, each of which leaves a trail of steam fog. The second picture is merely a detail of the first. In it one can more clearly see the fog trailing the individual drops.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recipe: take one cup of boiling water and throw it out in the cold. Steam fog is a favourite topic of the Kootenay Lake website. There is a page dealing with Steam fog over the Lake, one about Steam fog … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/mixingfog110223a.jpg\")
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