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[oldster]

Hi from the deep freeze!


The temperature made it almost to freezing yesterday for a time with 20-30 mile an hour wind. It was warm enough that the snow would stick together and the wind actually rolled the snow. Largest ones I saw were about 12 inches in diameter. First time I have ever seen this; our pastures are covered with them.

 

[Son of Hobbes]

Nice haha! First time I ever saw these was last year; in a very flat, very open field. Thought maybe somebody had rolled them hahaha! Nature's a wonderful thing! Thanks for sharing bro! Isn't it crazy how you can go through so much of life and then experience something like that and go "how did I never encounter something like this before?"

 

[oldster]

Thanks SOH


There is always something new if you just look! Makes waking up everyday worth while.

 

[gradolabs]

There's rocks in the desert that only move a cm or two every day, wind or temperature variations I guess, but over the years the visible trail can grow to hundreds of feet long. Same type of awesome phenomenon... Mother nature must get pretty bored when she plays a game called "lets move this rock an inch today!" I guess thats how she calms down after hurricanes.

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