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

OldBaldy1701E

(6,737 posts)
2. "He said 'hoar'! Huh huh, huh huh."
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 11:46 AM
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yeah yeah yeah...

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

niyad

(120,922 posts)
8. We called it pogonip (incorrectly, I just learned), but always beautiful.
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 12:58 PM
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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
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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

(5,046 posts)
12. The good news
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 01:49 PM
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is that Munich is essentially flat.
But most of it is gone becasue we had sun and went over freezing .

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