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Related: About this forumHoarfrost in sun
Before the melt. Last of the series. Overcast, night, and in sun.
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Old Crank
Dec 2024
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Beautiful stuff, this hoarfrost! Thanks for sharing, my dear Old Crank. nt
CaliforniaPeggy
Dec 2024
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CaliforniaPeggy
(154,827 posts)1. Beautiful stuff, this hoarfrost! Thanks for sharing, my dear Old Crank. nt
Old Crank
(6,049 posts)4. No trouble.
this is what this group is for. Sharing beautiful pictures.
OldBaldy1701E
(8,703 posts)2. "He said 'hoar'! Huh huh, huh huh."

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

Old Crank
(6,049 posts)3. Its okay
I had to look up the spelling.....
sheshe2
(93,280 posts)5. Magnificent!

Figarosmom
(7,769 posts)6. Mother Nature
Sure does provide us with beauty.
Old Crank
(6,049 posts)10. Yes she does.
I'm glad I could get out and then share it
irisblue
(35,674 posts)7. That first photo...wow
niyad
(126,138 posts)8. We called it pogonip (incorrectly, I just learned), but always beautiful.
And then, of course, we have the hoarhound plant, and its many medicinal uses.
Charlie Chapulin
(370 posts)9. Beautiful, but potentially deadly stuff
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
(6,049 posts)12. The good news
is that Munich is essentially flat.
But most of it is gone becasue we had sun and went over freezing .
Hekate
(98,990 posts)13. ❄️How gorgeous. The trees are in blossom with frost.❄️
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