Throwing boiling water into extremely cold air can lead to the Mpemba effect where it freezes and turns into a snowy mist.

However, it can also lead to severe burns. Turning boiling hot water into “snow” or steam in freezing temperatures, is sending some to hospital with severe burns. While this video looks awesome, the reality is that many who do it get splashed back with hot, boiling water.

@MeanwhileinCanada yikes. I did this with my kid when he was 3 or 4 . Glad I didn't melt him

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I saw people do this in Alaska. They knew how to do it. We knew not to try ourselves!

@MeanwhileinCanada yes, I guess it's still really hot water. Certainly a good effect though.
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I heard Dr Karl Kruszelnicki talk about this a while back: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/greatmomentsinscience/mpemba-effect/9259052.
Never seen it before though. How cold does it have to be for this to work? Does the water really need to be too hot to touch?
Mpemba effect - ABC Radio National

If you want to freeze some water, you might want to heat it up first.

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