The fun thing about blowing snow in Nebraska is that Nebraska blows back, creating beautiful drifts and shapes (and blowing all your neighbors' snow into your yard - see proof below. QED.)
After I finished removing my (and my neighbors') snow from the driveway I looked up into the sky and, voila, Sun Dogs.
Sun Dogs are a very rare atmospheric phenomenon where small particles of ice suspended in the air create a halo rainbow effect around the sun. Usually they are only seen at high altitude from the window of an airplane.
The fact that we could see them today is a testament to three things: 1. The amount of snow that fell, 2. The ferocity of the wind, and 3. How frakin' cold it is.
Click on image to enlarge, it really is beautiful.
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2 comments:
That is beautiful- I think its amazing how much snow is in front of your door!!
Beautiful. We are also having an unusually cold week. My begonias died, but I can't complain to much. There isn't any snow to shovel at the house, but there was some on the Santa Cruz mountains.
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