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John Farrar | all galleries >> Galleries >> Images of Devon & Cornwall > Porridge Tide
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22-MAR-2008

Porridge Tide

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A cold NW gale has whipped the surf up into 'porridge'. Anyone know what causes it to make a foam like that?
Apparently its the plankton/algae whipped up by wind and waves that makes it get kind of soapy.

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globalgadabout03-Jul-2008 03:26
perhaps as the tide-tossed foam dries a bit on the edge of the flow...it solidfies with the ebbing moisture...an arresting image...V