Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
The melted water of this surface snow loosely poured into the glass has roughly 15% of the snow's density.
This time lapse is at 50x speed and it took 62 minutes for the snow to melt completely in room temperature.
I did some experiments in a metal container (and with snowballs in the house) and realized just how much cooling power is in a handful of snow. Even just with trying to speed-melt a snowball in the house by compressing it you can freeze your hands off.
In that container the water had 10% of the snow's volume, showing how easily you can accidentally compress the snow significantly from its minimum density.
Also, in the metal container, I realized the power of heat transfer. I had my hands around it and then the lump of snow fell against one side and within seconds my hand became painfully cold.
And at first during that melting experiment there was no water at all on the bottom of the container, which you also see in this video's setup. The melt water was merely absorbed by the surrounding snow like a sponge and created wet snow.
Luckily, despite bad planning, my camera battery lasted exactly long enough. The video ends when the camera shut off by itself.
BTW, interesting (and cynically late) discovery about water having two states: youtube.com/watch?v=YsQXN-Kh2-w
And look how many types of ice there are: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice#Phases
P.S.: The video ID says "Fry". 🤔😄
The melted water of this surface snow loosely poured into the glass has roughly 15% of the snow's density.
This time lapse is at 50x speed and it took 62 minutes for the snow to melt completely in room temperature.
I did some experiments in a metal container (and with snowballs in the house) and realized just how much cooling power is in a handful of snow. Even just with trying to speed-melt a snowball in the house by compressing it you can freeze your hands off.
In that container the water had 10% of the snow's volume, showing how easily you can accidentally compress the snow significantly from its minimum density.
Also, in the metal container, I realized the power of heat transfer. I had my hands around it and then the lump of snow fell against one side and within seconds my hand became painfully cold.
And at first during that melting experiment there was no water at all on the bottom of the container, which you also see in this video's setup. The melt water was merely absorbed by the surrounding snow like a sponge and created wet snow.
Luckily, despite bad planning, my camera battery lasted exactly long enough. The video ends when the camera shut off by itself.
BTW, interesting (and cynically late) discovery about water having two states: youtube.com/watch?v=YsQXN-Kh2-w
And look how many types of ice there are: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice#Phases
P.S.: The video ID says "Fry". 🤔😄
