Structures of Water

The structures of water are endlessly creative! The photo above is from the gallery collection of Ben Thouard, the French surf and water photographer working in Teahupoo, Tahiti. The underside of big surf waves is a myriad of crazy water structures, vortexes, tubular flows, bubbly aeration, and under surface illumination. “Vicinal water” is a term that describes the different and more crystalline structured water found on the edges or membranes of these flows. It is a state of water that is structured and stacked more like ice but able to morph and flow. There is a great book describing the attributes of this type of water by Gerald Pollack called “The Fourth Phase Of Water”.