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# H1 E0 }8 b/ ?3 I$ P) w: D4 w南極長年冰天雪地,人跡罕至,不少奇怪異象都是世人從未見過,英國廣播公司( BBC)攝製隊,早前首次在南極海底拍攝到“死亡冰柱”( icicle of death),冰柱下沉到海床后,所到之處周遭的海水都會凝結,海膽、海星全被凍死,蔚為奇觀。
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* l8 a- o5 Z. c4 }* ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb其實這種死亡冰柱自 1960年代已開始存在,通常當南極海洋混入了帶鹽份的水后就會出現,不過今次還是首度有人拍攝到這個奇景。拍攝當日,海底水溫只得-2℃,BBC攝影師米勒( Hugh Miller)及安德森( Doug Anderson)在南極羅斯群島( Ross Archipelago)的小剃刀背島( Little Razorback Island)海中,親眼目擊死亡冰柱的形成過程。
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]% r+ g# s* E8 U7 [os.tvboxnow.com由於冰柱的密度較海水高,因此一直朝海床沉下,並迅速擴張,周遭接觸到冰柱的海水隨即變冷凝固,但看上去像海綿狀多過普通海冰,而附近的海洋生物,如海膽及海星等,因冰柱的溫度太低而全被凍死。
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米勒憶述當日親眼目擊冰柱沉下並迅速擴張,仍感到有點難以置信,“這情況有點像與時間競賽,因為沒有人真正知道它們形成得有多快。我們一星期前看到的那條冰柱,在我們面前迅速擴張變長,整個過程只用了5、6小時”
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Remarkable broadcast moment: The ice begins to expand outwards. The brine is a lot more dense than seawater so sinks to the bottom. It is also a lot colder - causing the freezing TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。% _, O/ D* H! e' Y' D$ E4 r$ y- r. v
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( d3 ]- I8 c3 kos.tvboxnow.comTouchdown: The brinicle reaches the ocean floor. Starfish can be seen. Often the brinicles break up before they become so large公仔箱論壇7 p3 t( u3 j) P* S) I6 N7 o
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Killer: The ice floods outwards across the ocean surface rapidly, destroying everything in its wake, l) R. ?* x; X4 O5 a- G9 m0 X
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( ?3 e" B+ a+ S4 {. Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDestruction: The starfish are frozen by the ice as it expands outwards
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/ D8 u; ]$ T% Z& r7 @" X# U! gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBroadcasting feat: Although the existence of brinicles has long been known it is the first time they have ever been caught on cameratvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) E( l* O5 L6 X1 u* @
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