I wonder if those aren’t actually giant hail. I’ve seen hail accumulations in New Mexico so thick they look like snow, which is pretty weird when it happens in the summer. The individual hail balls were much smaller in my case, like maybe half an inch or less, but I know hail has been reported as large as basketballs (ouch!).
Mark Minton mmin...@caver.net From: Texascavers [mailto:texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com] On Behalf Of David via Texascavers Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2016 2:24 AM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: ***SPAM*** [Texascavers] sort of related to cavepearls Giant snowballs, hundreds of them. http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/6A8E/production/_92287272_snowballs.jpg https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/nintchdbpict000280397093.jpg?w=960 <https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/nintchdbpict000280397093.jpg?w=960&strip=all> &strip=all http://cdn.inquisitr.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Giant-snowballs-Siberia.png It is most interesting that they are so uniform and similar in color, and similar in size and big. So is this a weather phenomenon, or a geological phenomenon, or a hydrology thing ? What type of scientist would be best equipped to be the expert on this ? A glaciologist ? A speleologist ? I vote a geochemist ? Are there any geochemist on CaveTex ? David Locklear dlocklea...@gmail.com
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