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Sea foam is typically found in, well ... the sea. But according to a viral video that circulated on social media in January 2020, a street in Spain was filled with this spongy substance after a major storm. The following clip received millions of views after it was posted to Imgur with the caption: Sea foam fills the streets of Spain after a storm hits the country. https://i.imgur.com/UxW71m0.gifv While this footage may look as if it comes from the pages of a fantasy novel, this is genuine video of a street in Spain filled with sea foam after a major storm. The BBC reported that storm Gloria pummeled the Catalan coast with rain, snow, and hail in January 2020. The powerful storm left many people dead and thousands without power. The powerful storm also produced a mass of sea foam that covered buildings and streets in Tossa de Mar, a town in Catalonia, Spain. The viral video clip shown above was originally posted by Joan Jordana. Here's the original clip: The Telegraph featured Jordana's footage in its video report about the storm: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration explains that sea foam forms when dissolved organic matter in the ocean is churned up. While the scene shown above is certainly unusual, it isn't unprecedented. In 2013, for instance, waves of sea foam invaded coastal towns in Australia:
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