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tg38 08-23-2025 05:16 PM

lots of bubbles
 
whats up with all the soap streams all over the lake ???

TheTimeTraveler 08-23-2025 05:50 PM

Failed septic systems......

garysanfran 08-23-2025 08:40 PM

I believe it's a thermal turnover of the lake water causing the decaying matter to surface as surfactants that reduce tension on the water's surface and combined with wind, produces foam...Or something like that.

Newbiesaukee 08-24-2025 11:05 AM

I don’t know….
 
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Originally Posted by garysanfran (Post 402441)
I believe it's a thermal turnover of the lake water causing the decaying matter to surface as surfactants that reduce tension on the water's surface and combined with wind, produces foam...Or something like that.

…..if you are correct or not; but it sounds like a great answer.

Slickcraft 08-24-2025 07:08 PM

Tiny bubbles:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlCiDEXuxxA

Alan

ApS 08-25-2025 06:45 PM

The "Sniff" Test...
 
When strong winds cross the water's surface, long streams of white bubbles will form next to our shorelines.

Long "Langmuir Streaks" have appeared.

In front of my Winter Harbor repose, they'll form in streaks up to 11 wide. (With 7-wide being the most common).

Limnololgists who examine the ingredients say, "If it smells like a garden's earth, then it's "natural". If it smells like sewage, then that's what it is".

:eek2:

My own checks over 73+ years on Winter Harbor tell me "earth".

:look:

tis 08-26-2025 05:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ApS (Post 402464)
When strong winds cross the water's surface, long streams of white bubbles will form next to our shorelines.

Long "Langmuir Streaks" have appeared.

In front of my Winter Harbor repose, they'll form in streaks up to 11 wide. (With 7-wide being the most common).

Limnololgists who examine the ingredients say, "If it smells like a garden's earth, then it's "natural". If it smells like sewage, then that's what it is".

:eek2:

My own checks over 73+ years on Winter Harbor tell me "earth".

:look:

Agree. WE have seen them forever off and on.


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