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Snow Maiden walks in the New Year and she heatedly plunged into the work!
Frequently Asked Questions About Snow Snakes
All my friends and visitors!
You often ask:
and I answer
1)Is that really snow?! or piece of white color cloth.?
Yes! It is really snow!
2)Maybe the christmas girl, named Snegurochka hung on the branches the christmas decorations?
No, it is not the tricks of the christmas girl
3)Why is snow on the branches become so beautiful? Why did it formed such an interesting shape?
I am happy to repeat what I already wrote about the explanation of this beautiful phenomenon.
My explanation follows below.
It was a cold night, minus 2, the snow fell and covered the entire forest. In the morning the sun rose and the snow slowly began to warm up on the branches. The surface of the snow cover was slightly melted, but most importantly, that the surrounding air in the forest remained below zero. Droplets of water rolled under the melted snow caps and immediately froze under the snow and on the surface snowpacks. Coupling between snow and branches has decreased because of wetting by water. And the snow caps began to descend slowly from the branches, but the surrounding air temperature was minus, and therefore the wet snow freezes when sliding from the branches. Decaying snow hardened in cold and hang. It is formed what we see - Garlands!
4)... snow melts in contact with dark branches illuminated by the sun in a freezing cold air ...
The idea that the dark branches slightly warmer than the snow caps is absolutely correct. In the previous day had above-zero temperatures, but the snow fell at night. Branches did not have time to cool down much. But the main reason lies in the dark color sticks, on which hung the snow garlands! The morning sun warmed the dark twigs stronger than the white snow. Branches became wet and snow caps began to slide down, freezing when separated from the sticks.
5)Are the snow garlands hard or soft? Are they composed of ice or snow? Are they wet or not?
The snow garlands consist of dry snow. They are very loose and not solid. Small wind immediately destroys them. It seemed to me that many garlands were destroyed by my eyes. I am not having time to take pictures as they break up at my approach. But I was able to do the few shots.
6)This snow is a strange structure of the natural.
OK! This snow has a strange structure, but I think better to name in other words: a rare structure. The snow-cap crept down very slowly, therefore it have time to stretch and harden in the cold, instead of falling down. At the same time there are two events: the snow melts and freezes. If we can explain the phenomenon, but now it is no longer strange. But nature is rarely so for something to melt and freeze simultaneously. But when it happens, it looks very beautiful! Remember icicle, which is melting in the upper part, but in the bottom of the water droplets solidify in the cold. Snow snake on my photos do not look like icicles, my snake is not solid like icicles and my snakes are composed of snow, not ice! But there are similarities between the icicles and my snow snakes. In both cases two processes proceeded at the same time: melting and freezing. Simultaneously these natural processes are rare, so they are beautiful and we wonder.
7)The snake just as the tempter hung on the branches.
This really looks like a Winter Garden of Eden, because a snake-tempter live exactly in the Garden of Eden.
8)A beautiful image with few degrees of temperature, but WARM for his your beauty
I will publish new photos soon, probably their temperature will be higher
9)Are these snakes poisonous? Are they very dangerous, these white snakes?
These snakes are not poisonous. I was left unharmed and alive!
10)Is there any wolf around?! Good idea to go there and take some photos!
No wolves in this forest, so you have the opportunity to photograph freely.
11)Still I missing this kind of snake in Brazil
This kind of snake found only in Russia
12)We have the anaconda on trees in early November too. Kirov (Vyatka)
This picture was also taken in early November. Rostov and Vyatka are a Twin Cities of the snow snakes.
13)Valentin is a wonder-making
No! Nature is the creator of beauty and wonders
Please your ideas, thoughts, questions and fantasies leave in the comments.
Special thanks to all who would spare their two seconds to leave your comments here!
Thank you give a variety of names for snow caps. In those days you called them: Scarfs, Natural Wreaths, Snow-covered pretzels, Towels, Worms, Sausages, Ropes, Pythons, Anacondas, Snow Ribbons, Snakes-Albinos, Snake-Tempter, Plombir, Icecream, Lace, Snow Monster, Cotton, Curls and other names. Thank you gift loud epithets for them.
Soon I will publish new pictures about snow snakes from Rostov-on-Don. To be continued! I invite to visit!
With winter greetings from Rostov-on-Don, from Russia
Valentine
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Danke, Konny, es freut mich, daß Dir mein Bild gefällt!
Ich wünsche Dir ein gesundes Neues Jahr. Viele Grüße, Marianne
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wonderful harmonious view
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Ανατολής πετάγματα...
Καλή χρονιά Θέμις!
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2000 VISITAS
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Deceptively simple, but amazingly beautiful - well done, & yellow star! I also love the map location - a sea of sand!
Best regards,
Sarah from England
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Oh finek, muchas gracias por tu lindo comentario. Byueeee
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OH Antonio, Que bonito comentario. Gracias por tu tiempo . Saludos.
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Thank you Peter ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥!
Cheers, Cássia
Muito obrigada por sua passagem em minha galeria manutik´s!
Saudações, Cássia
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Thank You Alexis , saludos desde España ....
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