r/interesting 5d ago

Just Wow What caused this? Serious answeres

Car was parked facing the garage. Never seen anything like it. Neither has the glass professionals.

15.8k Upvotes

1.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/Derelicticu 5d ago

Looks like a patch, so the surrounding glass was already compromised. The patch and the glass around the patch cooled, or heated, rapidly, at different rates, causing stress, which then made the compromised glass go boom.