tags: ice storm 2007, ice fingers, photography, nature, Image of the Day
I am running a series of images that my friend and long-time reader, Dave Rintoul, took in the aftermath of the recent ice storm that gripped the midwest of the United States. This series began on 20 December and the last image in this series will appear on 24 December.
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The good folks at the National Snow and Ice Data Center summarize the season in the Arctic Ocean. Turns out that the weather conditions that helped make 2007 a record for low sea-ice extent didn't recur.
Time to start watching the Arctic Sea Ice breakup. This happens every year, but as you know, the total amount of ice left each summer has been reducing, and the "old ice" which forms a basis for the arctic ice refreeze is disappearing.
"Convection in the Antarctic Ice Sheet Leading to a Surge of the Ice Sheet and Possibly to a New Ice Age" is a 1970's Science paper by Hughes.
What do you think of ice cream? How do you feel when you miss having your very own ice cream sundae? Well, I missed having a sundae today so I am feeling sad!
I saw something very like this the other day. It was a section of ice that had fallen off the edge of a roof into a parking lot, with the icicles pointing up, and then gotten covered in another inch or so of snow. Looked like a dead hand reaching out of the ground. If I hadn't accidentally stepped on it, I would have taken a picture...
That is the coolest thing. For some strange reason, I like seeing nature's untouched beauty. I'm not a fan of winter; but I am a fan of whatever nature brings.