Rime Ice
by Kathy Bassett
Title
Rime Ice
Artist
Kathy Bassett
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This image is for real, just slightly refined. No special effects! Just Mother Nature and her fun. Upper elevations in an interior British Columbia frost fog, shows beautiful and natural ice formations on everything exposed to it.... dazzling display of crystalline beauty is due to the freezing fog, many assumed the frosty display was hoar frost. However, the tree branches, pine needles, and dried fall foliage flocked with spiky crystals are actually covered with rime ice.When supercooled droplets from fog freeze and attach onto an exposed surface, you get rime ice. All objects impacted need to be at 32°F or below causing the liquid to freeze instantly.Rime ice can be classified as either hard or soft and will generally depend on the wind strength. Hard rime ice is very dense and trees appear to be flocked with the crystals. This occurs due to freezing fog when wind speeds are high, and temperatures range between 17-28°F. Meteorologists point out that soft rime is a bit more delicate. On closer inspection you will notice individual crystal spikes. This usually happens when winds are calmer during a freezing fog.
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January 30th, 2022
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