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Ice fog. (This photo was taken in the 60’s. That’s my thesis adviser taking microphotographs of ice fog crystals.)
The sun will rise at 9:48 this morning, and set 6 hrs 33 minutes later at 4:21. We’re gaining over 6 ½ minutes a day, now, and the sun’s almost 15 times its diameter above the horizon at noon. The trees out my north window are illuminated almost down to the snow.
January started as a warm month, with an average temperature above zero – tropical for Fairbanks in January. That changed over the weekend, though. I got up Saturday to LL digital temperatures, and the dial thermometer read -50°F. Sunday was the same, except I never caught the digital thermometer reading anything but LL. The weekend was ice fog weather, and I stayed home. The dial thermometer read -50°F at 10 pm last night. As of 8:10 this morning, it was LL and -52°F. The weather forecast was calling for warming today, but I’ll believe it when I see it.
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I remember Fairbanks and 50 below, oh and the lovely ice fog. Even with all that, break-up was the hardest! 🙂
Great posts! I love the cold, as long as I can get warm.
Well, the digital thermometer never got above LL today (it quits at -40) and when I checked just now the dial said -45. I was one of the people studying ice fog.
wow, just wow! This is really fascinating stuff, Sue Ann! 🙂 I’m so enjoying your blog 🙂
Glad you enjoy it.
Very Interesting stuff, love your page. How did a space junkie get caught up in ALaska of all places? Oh, did the raised beds really work in ALaska?
RH
They’re the only way to grow some things. And we use lots of plastic on the ground, too.