My eye was caught by this article from the BBC. I see this commonly in frost weather and was surprised to find someone saying it's rare. Is this more common in my region, West of Scotland, or do you folks see it often too?
"Hair-Ice" allegedly rare
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I've never seen anything quite like that, but frost is cool...
That was on my cold frame a few winters back. When it is cold enough for such things most people consider dashing from the door to the car as being outside - and probably never see them.
That was on my cold frame a few winters back. When it is cold enough for such things most people consider dashing from the door to the car as being outside - and probably never see them.
Scots_Charles_River
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
See it a lot in East Central Scotland in gardens or when out. Also, frost heaving of damp ground is cool (literally).
Frost feathers on a glass window is literally cool. Not at all funny after 2 weeks.
Local guy here has figured out how to freeze water, bubble free.
In the summer, he uses the ice as a camera lens for some quite dramatic photography.
Local guy here has figured out how to freeze water, bubble free.
In the summer, he uses the ice as a camera lens for some quite dramatic photography.
Don't you boil the water for a while to drive off dissolved gas? A lot of folk doing ice sculptures use that method to obtain clear ice.
A couple of years back it was hovering at -20° for a week and the pipes were frozen in the ground. Had to light a fire in a drum over the pipe outside the house to thaw it out. Did mean that I had no water for anything for over a week. Houses here aren't built for that amount of prolonged cold.
Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.
