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Hoarfrost in sun (Original Post) Old Crank Dec 31 OP
Beautiful stuff, this hoarfrost! Thanks for sharing, my dear Old Crank. nt CaliforniaPeggy Dec 31 #1
No trouble. Old Crank Dec 31 #4
"He said 'hoar'! Huh huh, huh huh." OldBaldy1701E Dec 31 #2
Its okay Old Crank Dec 31 #3
Magnificent! sheshe2 Dec 31 #5
Mother Nature Figarosmom Dec 31 #6
Yes she does. Old Crank Dec 31 #10
That first photo...wow irisblue Dec 31 #7
Thanks Old Crank Dec 31 #11
We called it pogonip (incorrectly, I just learned), but always beautiful. niyad Dec 31 #8
Beautiful, but potentially deadly stuff Charlie Chapulin Dec 31 #9
The good news Old Crank Dec 31 #12
❄️How gorgeous. The trees are in blossom with frost.❄️ Hekate Dec 31 #13

OldBaldy1701E

(6,869 posts)
2. "He said 'hoar'! Huh huh, huh huh."
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 11:46 AM
Dec 31


yeah yeah yeah...

(Sorry, had to do it! They are beautiful. A great eye for visuals. )

niyad

(121,303 posts)
8. We called it pogonip (incorrectly, I just learned), but always beautiful.
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 12:58 PM
Dec 31

And then, of course, we have the hoarhound plant, and its many medicinal uses.

Charlie Chapulin

(324 posts)
9. Beautiful, but potentially deadly stuff
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 01:42 PM
Dec 31

When hoarfrost forms on snowy slopes, unless there is wind or sun to break it down, it can be buried by subsequent snows and become a weak, kinetic layer in the snowpack and cause avalanches.

Old Crank

(5,114 posts)
12. The good news
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 01:49 PM
Dec 31

is that Munich is essentially flat.
But most of it is gone becasue we had sun and went over freezing .

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