Diamond Dust-vids and pics

[grouseking]

This is for fun. Us hikers see this stuff while hiking in the mountains ALL the time. But I normally don't see it in my hometown. It appears to be snowfall, with clear skies, but its basically a near ground level cloud composed of ice crystals....not quite freezing fog.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_dust

Anyways, I got some videos of the diamond dust this morning from Lebanon. I've seen this for two days in a row now, and since lows are headed for (GASP) -30....tomorrow morning, it could happen again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLRhFsL5CrQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi1S9NU045I

Videos don't do it justice, and it is an extremely difficult phenomenon to photograph.

I have another older pic, from Chester NH. Its exceedingly rare to get diamond dust there. This is one of two times I ever saw it there.

This is my favorite part of winter. Clear skies, with these ice crystals flying around.

 

[grouseking]

EDIT

What I was seeing might not have been Diamond Dust this morning...possibly just some very light snow from a small disturbance that is ushering in the really cold air.

But either way, still a need morning, watching the flakes flutter around, while drinking some coffee.

 

[Sheomet]

Nice videos but that doesn't really look like diamond dust to me, here's some pics of diamond dust and sun dogs at -35F. That beam below the sun was blindingly bright.