http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=478041&in_page_id=1811&ito=1490

It was as if someone had poured tons of coffee and milk into the ocean, then switched on a giant blender.

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.

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/08_03/FoamBeachII2_468x336.jpg
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I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post this in, or if it is even appropriate, but it was something that I read and thought it was interesting and wanted to share. :)

I have never heard of such a phenomenon. It does look very cool. Certainly would be an experience to be there and touch it. I wonder how long it takes to go away?

What in the world causes this?

What in the world causes this?

From the rest of the article:
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, they become foam.

The foam "surfs" towards shore until the wave "crashes", tossing the foam into the air.


Isn't that so weird??

...and Starbucks has officially gone out of business.