This beats the cucumber peel macros I finally gave up on this evening! This is a view of the Kobuk River and the Brooks Range (my back yard!) thru some incredibly frosty branches - back in October.
the Brooks Range, we are familiar with from our trips to and around Alaska. We've heard of hoar frost, but we've surely never experienced it. Very interesting shot.
what a beautiful photo! I became curious about hoar frost ~ had never heard of it:
"Under clear frosty nights in winter soft ice crystals might form on vegetation or any object that has been chilled below freezing point by radiation cooling. This deposit of ice crystals is known as hoar frost and may sometimes be so thick that it might look like snow. The interlocking ice crystals become attached to branches of trees, leafs, hedgerows and grass blades and are one of the most prominent features of a typical 'winter wonderland' day. However, the fine 'feathers', 'needles' and 'spines' might also be found on any other object that is exposed to supersaturated air below freezing temperature."
@sitiodown You're right, Tari. This came after a heavy fog - it was the thickest I'd ever seen. Sometimes I see it on the ground in little spiky clusters - it's really weird looking!
"Under clear frosty nights in winter soft ice crystals might form on vegetation or any object that has been chilled below freezing point by radiation cooling. This deposit of ice crystals is known as hoar frost and may sometimes be so thick that it might look like snow. The interlocking ice crystals become attached to branches of trees, leafs, hedgerows and grass blades and are one of the most prominent features of a typical 'winter wonderland' day. However, the fine 'feathers', 'needles' and 'spines' might also be found on any other object that is exposed to supersaturated air below freezing temperature."