Hundreds of such videos have been posted on Twitter and Facebook. The woman throwing the water is one of many who have embraced a viral social media-era winter tradition of throwing boiling water high into the freezing air and sharing images of the spectacular. If done in a correct way, the boiling water blooms into a white cloud as it hits the air. Taking boiling water in mugs or cans, people, in a bid to show how cold it is, are stepping outside and posting videos on Twitter to show how the water freezes as soon as you throw it in the air. Even during the deadly, sub-zero temperatures, people are uploading videos showing them throw boiling water into the freezing air where it instantly turns into a cloud of flakes. Changing air currents caused it to slip down through Canada and into the US Midwest this week. Experiments have been done that looked at the convection currents. Meteorologists linked the spell of brutal cold to the so-called polar vortex, a cap of icy air that usually swirls over the North Pole. John Law posted this impressive video from Antarctica showing how quickly boiling water can freeze when its thrown into very cold air. Experiments on the Mpemba effect have often reported a hot top 5,8,10, as we would expect. The frigid weather paralysed a large swath of the United States this week and caused at least 21 deaths. Just remember: we warned you-about both the pictures and throwing boiling water on yourself, because we live in a universe with a cruel sense of humor where extremely cold temperatures cause people to burn themselves.NEW DELHI: It's so cold in the United States Midwest that boiling water is freezing instantly and people are taking to social media to throw boiling water in the air to make steam in below-zero temperature. Here's a quick compilation of viewer-submitted clips showing just how cold it is by throwing boiling water into freezing air. If you absolutely need to see things you will be unable to un-see, you can find them on Twitter with a search for “boiling water.” We could show you a bunch of gross pictures of people who burned themselves, but we took that hit for you and trust us, there are plenty of them. When it’s done incorrectly, it results in severe burns that send people to the ER, and according to the Los Angeles Times, there are reports on Twitter of at least fifty people burning themselves while trying to play Snow Miser. However, if you try this at home, be careful of which way the wind is blowing and where you throw the water. The weather is awesome, and it's even more fun when it's interactive. A latest scientific experiment is taking the Internet by storm is the Mpemba Effect, which is basically just throwing hot water into the air amid freezing temperature and watch those droplets. Despite its propensity to turn to snow, boiling water is, in fact, very hot, which apparently needs to be said. The guy in the video throws a pot of boiling water off of his seventh-floor balcony in -41 (both C and F) temperatures, and the result is spectacular. The water is not 'freezing in mid air' as these videos so often describe. People often describe this as being so cold that boiling water freezes instantly. Just make sure you don’t, you know, throw the boiling water on yourself. Whenever there's really cold weather you see lots of accounts of people throwing hot water into the air, which creates a dramatic cloud. It’s pretty amazing, and it sounds like a really fun science experiment. Videos emerged on social media show people throwing hot water into the freezing air and watching it turn into ice crystals instantly amid temperatures of -43. Our #polarvortex photos are updated with this amazing shot, throwing boiling water in Chicago: /pAkP2Kr7dH Here’s another shot from just a few days ago of the trick working correctly: Helpful Hints: Make sure to throw the water at an angle to save face. Bring the mug outside into cold winter air and throw the water upwards. Here’s an old weather channel video about how the process works: Boiling water Steps: Fill a mug with boiling water. In the video posted earlier this week, Freiheit runs outside in a T-shirt and jeans with a kitchen pot and then hurls the boiled water in the air. Yes, as temperatures dropped way below zero in large parts of the US and Canada this week, a lot of people tried a neat little science experiment where throwing boiling water into super cold air freezes it instantly. It might look cool to throw it into the air and watch it freeze, but no matter how close our temperatures get to Mars, boiling water on your skin still just burns you. Guys, we know it’s been suuuuper cold and all, but there are less painful and, frankly, more effective ways to warm yourself up than throwing boiling water on yourself.
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