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What causes these cyrstals to form in this ice? This water was in a plastic sheet covering up a canoe, the water is around 10cm deep. What caused these crystals to form in this manner?
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Reply	ChuenYan says: It looks like the water froze in the shape of the plastic canvas that was covering it. Those patterns look like creases of a plastic sheet to me. (no votes) Tags: ice, crystal, icecrystal.
	posted on 2010-03-05 15:11:05 \| Report abuse

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