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Fog drops on web
A recent posting showed a few characteristics of fog: fog wave. However, fog offers a far richer variety of features than those I showed there. Here is one more: fog drops that have collected on a spider’s web. Similar … Continue reading
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Fog wave
Rain during the day moistened the air. Clearing at night allowed cold moist air to drain to the valley bottom where by morning a fog had formed. The fog drifts along the shore and back and forth across the … Continue reading
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Rainbow
A nice characteristic of convective thunderstorms is that they tend to occur late in the day when the Sun is low in the sky. Sometimes, this results in rainbows. A rainbow envelopes the peninsula of Kokanee Creek Provincial Park. … Continue reading
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Steam devils in April
Steam devils in April? This was unexpected. Although not an every-winter occurrence, my experience is that steam devils are seen over the Lake during a bitterly cold outbreak of brisk winds in midwinter. Yet, there they were on a … Continue reading
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Anchor ice
It has been a week of modest cold. The average temperature has been perhaps -8 °C. It has been cold enough to produce anchor ice in local creeks. In the accompanying pictures there is snow; in addition there is … Continue reading
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Whiteness on trees
Blossoms: This posting is just about white on trees resulting from water. Blossoms and seeds are another matter. Following the reaction to my posting about a rime band, I thought it might be worthwhile to offer a guide to … Continue reading
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Rime band
In this season, snow is seen that falls on the mountainside. Yet, all the white on distant trees need not be snow — sometimes what is seen is rime. When snow falls from a cloud above the mountain, it … Continue reading
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December goulash
This is a collection of images from this December, none of which has had a posting of its own. A Coyote hunts for voles in a field. Each winter, Nelson’s waterfront plays host to a variety of interesting water … Continue reading
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Lake star
We have all seen them: star-like patterns of melt on the shallow ice of bays. With any luck, this posting will be followed by one with more information on these so-called lake stars, for much of their formation remains … Continue reading
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October goulash
This is a collection of images from this October, none of which has had a posting of its own. The month started slowly with many walks producing few good observations, but things improved towards month’s end. A dozen different … Continue reading
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