January 15: Sculpted snow

[neverspent]

Snow does such interesting things as it responds to disturbances, temperature changes, and wind. The farm cat made tracks in about three inches of snow near the barn on the first day of the snow. A couple of days later, the snow in the bottom and sides of the tracks melted a little, I assume, then re-froze that night into a hard shell around the inside of the tracks. When the wind picked up, it blew away some of the looser snow around the tracks, and what was left looks impossible. I love it.

Comments

[donutsweeper]

That is so cool. I love nature

[neverspent]

Even cooler when things like this get fossilized! But snow is like a short preservation. So pretty. :)