Precious beach in Japan — one of a kind

The ice of the river Tokachi and precious ice is formed due to the unique combination of conditions, which give the pieces amazing sparkle. When the temperature falls, the mouth of the crystal clear river Tokachi freezes. Fragments of ice break away when the river meets the sea waves, the waves are squared, and after the sea throws "diamonds" on the beach.

"I've never heard of that ice and have never seen sea ice, like this, writes Peter Wadams, physicist oceanographer from Cambridge University (UK). Is just river ice, which is transparent due to the fact that there is no salt."

Another factor that contributes to a transparent crystal of ice, slow freezing, allowing the inside not get air bubbles.
All these conditions together — a slow freezing of fresh water, the movement of clean rivers to the salty sea, a smooth form, which give the ice the waves make this place one of a kind.

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