Category: Ice Science
The Window of Many Cacti
February 14th, 2010 It’s been two weeks since our last frost, and judging from my first dozen shots, it seemed like my photography skills dropped from mediocre to downright pathetic. But then I got a few good shots of frost on windows. The fact that I shoot windows on ca… more »
Ripples
February 5th, 2010 Ripples in still water When there is no pebble tossedNor wind to blow - Grateful Dead “Ripple” I don’t know where to start on this one. For some time I’ve been seeing concentric circular patterns on car windshields and car bodies – bands… more »
Mystery of Whirlpool Hollows
February 3rd, 2010 I’ve seen this whirlpool pattern on two mornings on the same plastic side-mirror of the same car. The hollow columnar crystals are oriented lengthwise along concentric circles, which strongly suggests that an underlying film froze with the sam… more »
BEDFISH: Revising an old Idea for Classifying Surface Ice Forms
January 31st, 2010 It often seems like people refer to any kind of ice stuck on something as frost. If one looks in books or the Internet, one can usually find a specific term for the many different and interesting ice formations, but a term used by one group of people… more »
Like Seashells at a Seashore
January 30th, 2010 This morning it just barely dipped below freezing, the first time in several days. Off I went to the usual black cars. And once again the frost to me looked like things I’d seen before. I decided to take a few pictures, and once again I was surprised… more »
Ice on the Rocks
January 27th, 2010 On the morning of December 7 of 2008, I saw a small yet distinct white patch on the ground amongst the dirty brown crunchy soil-ice columns in a rice field. If I hadn’t been looking straight at it, I would have missed it. Crouching down and clearing a… more »
Eyes and Dry Moats
January 22nd, 2010 Though I appreciate seeing the old and familiar, when I venture outside on frosty mornings, I usually see at least three unexpected things. Three unexpected things before breakfast. A few days ago, the frost at first appeared more hoary than curvy, bu… more »
The Maltese Cross in Pond Ice
January 21st, 2010 A few days after my encounter with the pawprints and grey muck, one of the ponds did freeze over. After me and my camera spent about 30 minutes admiring this rare event, I went and ruined the complete glaze job by punching a hole in it. Although the t… more »
Strange Pawprints in the Ice
January 15th, 2010On account of the recent cold spell, I went up the hill behind us in search of a glazed-over pond. Ponds can have interesting freezing patterns and, if the ice is thick enough, a little excitement. I've never seen these ponds freeze, but then again, I've… more »
Snakeskin Frost and Other Curiosities
January 12th, 2010You can see a lot on just one black car. The nearly uniform appearance of white frost shows, upon closer inspection, a variety of forms. The first black car of yesterday morning didn’t seem so striking, and I considered passing it by. But, never knowing… more »
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