Nice Winter surprises

[thierrylegros396]

Really Nice Winter surprises yesterday and today

[thierrylegros396]

Two More.

Thierry

[Patricia Sheley]

Please explain !!! Had there been long rain, then cold? Night heavy freeze after thawing afternoon...absolutely still night...Curious, I'm the cat about to die!

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Please explain !!! Had there been long rain, then cold? Night heavy freeze after thawing afternoon...absolutely still night...Curious, I'm the cat about to die!

Please do. I've never seen anything quite like it.

[sdwilsonsct]

http://www.sierrapotomac.org/W_Needham/NeedleIce_070123.htm

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

http://www.sierrapotomac.org/W_Needham/NeedleIce_070123.htm

Thanks. I'll look for "needle ice" if we ever get a real winter here in Massachusetts.

[wolfnowl]

Huh.  Learn something new every day.  I can quit for today.  I've been around tons of ice and metres of snow, but never seen this phenomenon.

Thanks for sharing!

Mike.

[francois]

http://www.sierrapotomac.org/W_Needham/NeedleIce_070123.htm

This is also very new to me. I imagined a lot of things before you linked the explanation. Thanks!

[sdwilsonsct]

I've been around tons of ice and metres of snow, but never seen this phenomenon.

Me neither. That link makes it sound like the weather for this is more suitable in NW Europe.

[thierrylegros396]

Please explain !!! Had there been long rain, then cold? Night heavy freeze after thawing afternoon...absolutely still night...Curious, I'm the cat about to die!

Thanks for technical explanations, also called "Needles of Ice Growing on Wood".

I will add that the phenomenon is rather seldom and located in some well orientated valleys.
More, those crystals are especially growing on some kind of wood, preferably without bark.
And yes, a lot of rain before a night freeze, but not especially heavy.

More here http://my.ilstu.edu/~jrcarter/ice/wood/

The first time I noticed that phenomenon was in 2005.

But crystals are reallly nice this year

Thierry

[thierrylegros396]

Another surprise, 250m from home

SX50 full optical zoom + crop = 2000mm equivalent !!!

[sdwilsonsct]

Yes, that seems like a great camera for occasional bird shots.

[thierrylegros396]

Yes, that seems like a great camera for occasional bird shots.

But don't expect miracles, it's a small sensor camera !

Just do the sharpening with larger radius than usual, about 2 pix seems to work well.

Thierry

[Tony Jay]

http://www.sierrapotomac.org/W_Needham/NeedleIce_070123.htm

Fascinating read!

Tony Jay

[thierrylegros396]

Painted white