Category: Photos
One Lone Crystal - 2012
January 16th, 2012This winter is turning out to be disappointing. We've had day after day of warm temperature, often barely dropping below freezing even in the evenings. What little snow we have gotten has been sloppy an d mixed with rain.
Last weekend we finally had a… more »
Groundhog Day Blizzard - 2011
February 2nd, 2011We had a blizzard last night. (By 'we' I mean the mid section of the continental United States. ) Here in Michigan it started in the early evening, quickly accelerated, and lingered on till around noon today. At least a foot of snow fell overnight and in… more »
More December Snowflake Photographs
December 24th, 2010This December has proven to be pretty cold - I noticed folks ice fishing in the last few day s- but aside from a little snow at the start of the month, it's been pretty dry. Here are a few more snow crystals from the second good snow of December . As thi… more »
First Snow Crystal Photos of 2010 / 11
December 7th, 2010 Hard to believe that one week ago today it was a balmy 53 degrees and warm gentle breezes were pushing the last fall leaves around on the sidewalks. The temperatures have dropped, the lake effect snow has begun, and here we are on December 6, wit… more »
A Few Irregulars
March 7th, 2010I hear the birds sing in the morning - the Cardinal with his 'bomb drop' song, the slurry scrabbly song of starlings at first light, and the 'To-hee to-hee chickachickadeedeedee' of Chickadees - the only bird that sings in deep winter, and gets all the… more »
Chicago Public Library "Best of the Best - 2010" List
February 20th, 2010The Chicago Public Library recently published its "Best of the Best 2010" list - and The Story of Snow is on it! The library describes the list as including books that are "some of the very best published for kids in 2009." You can see the whole list h… more »
More Snowflake Photographs with Classifications
February 17th, 2010I found Jon’s post regarding the Magono-Lee Snow Crystal classification system to be quite interesting. Here are some more shots from Monday night – I’ll see if I can classify them: more »
Three From This Evening
February 15th, 2010A gentle snow has been falling this evening - here are three new photos, more will be coming: more »
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