Wednesday, November 10, 2010

H/ Alphabe-Thursday

Hoar frost on seed pods

Hoar frost is a a kind of frost that looks feathery.  In case you are wondering, we have not had weather cold enough for this to happen yet this year. I took these photos last February.

Hoar frost on dried  teasels

Water vapour in heavily saturated air condenses slowly into interlocking crystals.

I am linking to Jenny Matlock at Alphabe-Thursday HERE

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38 comments:

  1. PaulieNovember 10, 2010 at 4:16 PM

    How beautiful it makes them! You done good! I wish I could find some to photograph this winter. . .

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  2. MichelleNovember 10, 2010 at 4:29 PM

    You captured the detail of the frost so nicely.

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  3. kayerjNovember 10, 2010 at 4:37 PM

    It looks like the snow fairies were busy in Ontario

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  4. Jenn JilksNovember 10, 2010 at 5:09 PM

    Beautiful!!!

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  5. SouthernSassNovember 10, 2010 at 5:39 PM

    I wish we had frost that looked like that! Beautifully captured!

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  6. JanNovember 10, 2010 at 6:18 PM

    Fabulous.

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  7. Rinkly RimesNovember 10, 2010 at 6:39 PM

    What a beautiful effect!

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  8. Along These Lines ...November 10, 2010 at 6:44 PM

    I was wondering what that term meant

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  9. SandyCarlsonNovember 10, 2010 at 6:50 PM

    An incredible feast for the eyes. I am grateful to you and that frost for these.

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  10. MaryNovember 10, 2010 at 7:46 PM

    I'm not familiar with Hoar frost~ what fantastic photos!

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  11. Sue McPeakNovember 10, 2010 at 9:10 PM

    Beautiful photos and exquisite ice crystal formation.

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  12. JackieNovember 10, 2010 at 9:33 PM

    Actually we had hoar frost the other day . It is said about the manna in the desert that it looked like hoar frost so that is good to know .

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  13. GeorgeNovember 10, 2010 at 9:35 PM

    These are great pictures of the hoar frost.

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  14. RandyNovember 10, 2010 at 9:55 PM

    Wow, those are amazing. It made me a little excited for our first snow of the season.

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  15. ShirleyNovember 10, 2010 at 10:02 PM

    Incredible detail in the frost. Great photos.

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  16. JackNovember 10, 2010 at 10:43 PM

    I learn so much through all these blogs! "Hoar frost," huh? Yup, we get some of that in Hartford but I never thought to give it a name.

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  17. JamaNovember 10, 2010 at 10:55 PM

    These are so pretty! you captured the details so well.

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  18. AndreaNovember 10, 2010 at 11:10 PM

    Of course i haven't seen these in real life, so thank you. Even snow i've just seen once only. But i am not really that fascinated with snow, it is autumn which makes me feel so deprived. haha!

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  19. FranciscaNovember 11, 2010 at 12:23 AM

    Simply beautiful. Beautiful. That second photo I could stare at for a long time. And I needed to learn the word HOAR ice... maybe now you'll find it on my blog one day, EG. :-D

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  20. LolaNovember 11, 2010 at 4:06 AM

    Such beauty captured here!

    Great post - as always!

    XOXO Lola:)

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  21. Cezar and LéiaNovember 11, 2010 at 4:59 AM

    Brilliant pictures, the macro is perfect!
    Léia

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  22. CoffeedoffNovember 11, 2010 at 5:15 AM

    Such beautiful pictures. If we get a hoar frost, I will go and look at the plants instead of staying in the warm.

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  23. TracyNovember 11, 2010 at 5:28 AM

    I so love winter photos never heard of a hoar frost before.thanks for sharing and visiting

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  24. UnknownNovember 11, 2010 at 6:27 AM

    Wow! Those are amazing! I've never heard of or seen hoar frost but that is an incredible sight! You did a very good job capturing those :) Now I wish I could see them in person too.

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  25. BirgitNovember 11, 2010 at 6:42 AM

    What beautiful photos -- thanks for sharing!

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  26. syelNovember 11, 2010 at 7:05 AM

    very nice detail on the frost. i've never seen one as i've never been to any place with snow (natural one that is! :D)

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  27. AnonymousNovember 11, 2010 at 7:49 AM

    This is beautiful! I am not ready for it to get that cold here.

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  28. DarlaNovember 11, 2010 at 8:40 AM

    Fantastic detail.

    Darla

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  29. AnonymousNovember 11, 2010 at 11:14 AM

    Wow wow and wow! These hoar frost shots are amazingly lovely.

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  30. PondsideNovember 11, 2010 at 11:41 AM

    When I see shots like yours I think I should never, ever post another photo.

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  31. Susan AndersonNovember 11, 2010 at 12:16 PM

    I think I LIKE hoar frost!

    Really beautiful.

    =)

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  32. JudieNovember 11, 2010 at 3:53 PM

    Great photos! a very interesting H post.

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  33. HNovember 11, 2010 at 3:57 PM

    You captured the detail beautifully!

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  34. JennyNovember 11, 2010 at 4:39 PM

    Thank you, thank you, thank you!

    I've heard that phrase before but was always too lazy to look up what it meant.

    I've visualized a few things (some not so savory) as to what it meant, but the true meaning of the word is so much lovelier than I could have imagined.

    Thanks for a wonderful, informative and beautiful link to Alphabe-Thursday!

    A+

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  35. ViolaNovember 11, 2010 at 6:05 PM

    Fantastic photos! I love the frost, the rime on the photos! :)

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  36. TinaNovember 11, 2010 at 7:07 PM

    Wow. Just wow. You are amazingly talented. Thanks for sharing your work with us!

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  37. genieNovember 11, 2010 at 8:18 PM

    In this part of the country we get a similar icing which we call Rhine ice. It is so beautiful...when the trees on the mountains have it hanging from them it is like you are walking into a magical world. For a Floridian it is truly a sight to behold. These shots are so very beautiful. The second one is amazing.

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  38. Rocky Mountain WomanNovember 12, 2010 at 12:54 PM

    Brrrr....

    By the end of the winter, I'll have hoar frost on my kitchen windows...

    aaaghhh....

    Spring, where are you?

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