Category: Photos

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 »

First Frost

December 15th, 2009
      Here in this neighborhood of Japan, we finally had our first good frost day. By frost, I mean any ice that forms from vapor that condenses (wet or dry) onto a surface. We rarely get snow, typically just one or two short-lived, wet snowfalls o… more »