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>Where two oceans meet but do not mix.... Gulf of Alaska.

One of the unique phenomenons of the world.

>> No.5763635

>>5763602
>unique
only that its a very large example of this. you see this a lot on smaler scales

>> No.5763633

That's actually sick op

good job

>> No.5763637

God damn that's pretty isn't it.

>> No.5763639

Can someone explain why there's such a sudden change instead of slow blend from one to another?

>> No.5763648

>>5763643

but why don't they mix

>> No.5763643

>>5763639
because they dont mix... read the OP.

>> No.5763651

>>5763602

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHn80f3lAUs


Possibly related, OP's pic reminded me of it

>> No.5763652

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/mythbusting-place-where-two-oceans-meet-gulf-alaska

>> No.5763664

why is that?
>too lazy to research myself

>> No.5763685

>>5763602
...so?

CAPRCHA: touctit 7500

>> No.5763717

> phenomenons
Greek scholar?

>> No.5763767

>>5763717
thats an ordinary word...

>> No.5763772

>>5763767
The plural is 'phenomena'.

>> No.5763803

Quran [25.53] And He it is Who has made two seas to flow freely, the one fresh that subdues thirst by its purity, and the other salty that burns by its salinity and between the two He has made a barrier and inviolable obstruction.

>> No.5763854
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5763854

>>5763635
You see it a lot in cave diving near the coast - weird underwater divides between fresh and salt water

>> No.5763890

>>5763648
Alaskan waters are aware of the perils of miscegenation.

>> No.5763899

You people are so stupid it makes my head hurt.

>> No.5763903

>>5763890
>miscegenation
are you trying to be funny with your racism bro?
you have failed.
I wish I was a mod so I could ban you for 10 weeks.

>> No.5763908

>>5763903
>being this butthurt
Get off 4chan, kid, clearly you are too much of a faggot to handle it.

>> No.5763910

>>5763664
>>5763648
Density.

>> No.5763966

>>5763908
you are too much of a racist to be a real /sci/bro
get off /sci/ and hang out on /b/ with your ilk.

>> No.5763985

>>5763910
You're dense.

>> No.5764009

i've seen some of those on the inner side of Vancouver island. I think it was just the meetings of waters traveling in different directions, nothing too special about it

>> No.5764021

>>5763903
I wish i could be banned for ten weeks from 4 chan wo I could continue with my life.

>> No.5764023

>>5764021
Then self-impose the ban.
Just choose to not come here for 10 weeks.

Or do you really have zero self control?

>> No.5764065

It's because of the iron levels

>> No.5764078

>>5763602

This is a picture of a shallow shelf and then sudden deep ocean, not two different colored waters touching

It is like sci hasn't seen a tropical island before, so fucking retarded all of you.....

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5764088

>>5763854

So that's how there was a lake underwater...

>> No.5764115

>>5763602
No, it isn't. They aren't "two oceans", it's where coastal waters meet the wider ocean. And they do mix! The density of sediment is much greater in the light side, but there's no reason to think it won't make its way into the rest of the ocean.

>> No.5764118 [DELETED] 

>>5763903
Go back to fucking SRS you antiracist retarded cunt. If you're offended by racism you need to LEAVE 4CHAN NOW.

>> No.5764121 [DELETED] 

>>5763966
Real /sci/fags are racists. If you're not racist you deny modern scientific research on human population groups. You must be a faggot anthropologist or other non-science liberal arts major.

>> No.5764128

>>5764121

>Real /sci/fags are racists

Implying real scientists make evaluative claims from factual data, that isn't scientific at all retard...

>> No.5764129

>>5764118
https://www.4chan.org/rules#global3
Racism is only for /b/.

>> No.5764133

They autism, it burns brightly in this thread

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5764469

>>5764133
>They autism

>> No.5764484
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5764484

hypersaline polar water + fresh icemelt = sharp pycnocline and salinity gradients. Polar oceans do weird, weird shit.

>>5764065
no, but it's true that the alaskan coast is HNLC.


pic vaguely related.

>> No.5764488

>>5763966
"Not being a racist" and "being a total fucking faggot with such a huge stick up your ass you get offended by obvious jokes" are not the same thing, you pathetic fucking faggot.