Snow Sparkles: More on the way
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Snow cystals sparkle like diamonds in a pristine winter scene at the Huttner Weather Lab today.
(Photos by Paul Huttner. Click on photo for a larger image.)
Think of all the people in the world who have never seen snow. Then take a look at these pictures of our stunning Minnesota winter landscape today. I know winter can be a drag this time of year, but you have to appreciate the amazing beauty that a snow covered landscape and bright sun creates.
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Look at how the crystalline form of the snowflakes below play with the sunlight. You can see the individual snow crystals. We often see snowcover as one big blanket on the winter landscape. If you look closely at the photo below, you can see it's made up of millions (billions?) of individual crystals.
The infinite number of perfect yet varied snow crystals on the ground play with the sunlight in a million different ways. It's called reflection and refraction in physics. We might just call it magical.
Sun glints through ice crystals on trees this morning.
Snowflakes may be as close to creation as we can come on this earth.
Hopefully you can appreciate the beauty of our winterscape these February days. If you can that's good, because there's more snow on the way by late tomorrow into Friday!
PH
