Ice Mushrooms
It has been so cold recently around Faversham that strange ice formations have been growing from the ground. In Badgins Wood, Plumford near Painters Forstal these fabulous "Ice Mushrooms" have formed. Porous pebbles such as these surface chalk fragments initially become covered in a crust of ice due to the moisture they contain. As the freezing process continues this "Pebble Ice" starts to form ice needles which grow vertically and over time a dome forms to produce the unique mushroom shape. These where popping up all along the path edges in Badgins Wood....
Ice Mushrooms
It has been so cold recently around Faversham that strange ice formations have been growing from the ground. In Badgins Wood, Plumford near Painters Forstal these fabulous "Ice Mushrooms" have formed. Porous pebbles such as these surface chalk fragments initially become covered in a crust of ice due to the moisture they contain. As the freezing process continues this "Pebble Ice" starts to form ice needles which grow vertically and over time a dome forms to produce the unique mushroom shape. These where popping up all along the path edges in Badgins Wood....