Dumping Dry Ice Into a Frozen Pond With a Thin Layer of Ice to See How It Reacts

To see how dry ice reacts in a pond frozen over with a thin layer of ice, "King of Random" Grant Thompson dumped a full bucket of it into his small fish pond. The dry ice easily broke through the pond's icy layer and trapped carbon dioxide gas bubbles underneath.

After discovering the Styro-Slicer doesn't cut Dry Ice very well, I decided to throw 2 bags of the stuff into our frozen fish pond instead. The result was satisfying. Note: No fish were in the pond.

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