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Originally Posted by warrrreagl
When Grancey and I lived in Iowa, we were treated to a weather phenomenon that still leaves us breathless - hoar frost. I looked, but this is the best picture I could find (in Oregon). It's not exactly what I had in mind, but sorta.....
It is neither an air frost nor a ground frost, and is extra cool when a foggy evening suddenly drops below freezing and the fog freezes and crystalizes in place with whatever it's touching that morning. It is the non-Southern version of Spanish Moss, because the trees are appear hairy and GORGEOUS. It's really something to see a whole field of trees covered in this stuff. |
That's a beautiful picture of Crater Lake you turned up.
Hoar frost is beautiful. We'll probably be having some of it soon, given that right now the nights are clear and the mornings really cold, with lots of fog. Last year, I had to get up really early for my commute to my job at the time, and one morning the frost was so thick it stuck to the roadway. It made everything quite slippery.
It's going to be another sunny, 65 degree day here. And they're prediciting Halloween will be dry, which is good because last Halloween was the wettest on record.