Sea Froth

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I've recently been looking through some photo's that I took when I first began my foray into photography and came across the photo below. Taken back last February, Porthcawl was undergoing it's annual battering by the wind. The sea was whipped up into a froth where shortly afterwards, the heavens opened.

Sea Froth by vtrjames88, on Flickr

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James
 
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Stolen from Wikipedia... "Sea foam, ocean foam, beach foam, or spume is a type of foam created by the agitation of seawater, particularly when it contains higher concentrations of dissolved organic matter (including proteins, lignins, and lipids)[1] derived from sources such as the offshore breakdown of algal blooms. These compounds can act as surfactants or foaming agents. As the seawater is churned by breaking waves in the surf zone adjacent to the shore, the presence of these surfactants under these turbulent conditions traps air, forming persistent bubbles that stick to each other through surface tension. Due to its low density and persistence, foam can be blown by strong on-shore winds from thebeachface inland."
 
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