Sunday, September 4, 2011

Quicksand

How does quicksand work? Quicksand is a pocket of ordinary sand that has water keep on flowing up through it from an underground source, such as a spring. The flow lifts the grains of sand apart, but it not strong enough to disperse them completely and the resultant thick soup can look like a solid mass - until you step into it and start sinking.

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