Blowing Bubbles in the Snow

This one is my favorite!  Look closely, and you can see tiny little frost lines forming!

Here it is, cropped and up closer:

I saw this post the other day where a person had blown beautiful soap bubbles in the snow. These bubbles froze, and the person was able to get beautiful photographs of the bubbles.

I wanted to try it, too!

I decided since temps in our area were predicted to be the lowest in more than 30 years, it was a good time to put the soap bubble blowing to the test.  So, I went out yesterday and started blowing.

Well, I was sorely disappointed at first.  All my bubbles just immediately popped or began blowing back toward the warm house.

Having a history of being an epic fail at making no-fail science experiments to work, I figured I was doing something wrong.  When I asked my Facebook friends, most of them seemed to think that it was probably just too windy outside. Another said I needed to use cold water.

Regardless, I thought it would be a fun science experiment for my homeschooling kids and a great photo opp.

So, I waited till it a tad bit less windy and -8 degrees this morning and tried it again.

Guest what?

IT WorKED!!!!

Ok, it worked on a small level.  While, I was able to blow some pretty large bubbles; those all would drift away and pop.  Though, some formed amazing ice crystals before they popped; I was not agile enough to be able to maneuver the wet bottle of bubbles and a video camera to capture these amazing sights.

I did, however, manage to get a glimpse of some of the small bubbles that stayed in tact on top of the snow.

I then went out later and added blue food coloring, and here's what I got:

Here's the small bubbles:

That splat you see toward the upper right-hand side of the pic is from a larger bubble that popped.

Safe in the cleft of the snow. Reminds me of the song that sings, "Under the shadow of His wings, I will find a hiding place."

This one sort of looks like a pear inside of an oyster.

 

The shadow is from the side of our deck - It's not me standing in the way of the light!