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Tanuki
Jan-07-2008, 04:57 AM
I was hiking in Okutama (Japan) over New Years, and found this stuff "growing" on the side of the trail. I've never seen it before, but the Japanese people I met were all familar with it so it must be common in that area.

I think it's called "needle ice" in English. Anyone seen anything like this before?

Mike

http://tanuki.smugmug.com/photos/240734099-L.jpg
Tanuki
Jan-07-2008, 05:00 AM
I was hiking in Okutama (Japan) over New Years, and found this stuff "growing" on the side of the trail. I've never seen it before, but the Japanese people I met were all familar with it so it must be common in that area.

I think it's called "needle ice" in English. Anyone seen anything like this before?

Mike

http://tanuki.smugmug.com/photos/240734099-L.jpg

Oops... didn't post properly. Here it is...

http://tanuki.smugmug.com/photos/240734099-L.jpg
Skippy
Jan-07-2008, 02:45 PM
I was hiking in Okutama (Japan) over New Years, and found this stuff "growing" on the side of the trail. I've never seen it before, but the Japanese people I met were all familar with it so it must be common in that area.

I think it's called "needle ice" in English. Anyone seen anything like this before?

Mike

I've never seen Needle Ice either, but then we don't even get frost at my place :D

What makes it form like.... that do you know :scratch
Is this a formation only seen in a particular part of the world?

Thanks for sharing Mike ......... Skippy :D
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Tanuki
Jan-08-2008, 04:08 AM
I've never seen Needle Ice either, but then we don't even get frost at my place :D

What makes it form like.... that do you know :scratch
Is this a formation only seen in a particular part of the world?

Thanks for sharing Mike ......... Skippy :D
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Thanks for the reply Skippy. Here are some references I found online. It's an interesting phenonemon!

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

http://www.mwrop.org/W_Needham/NeedleIce_070123.htm

The second link gives the names for needle ice in Swedish, German and Japanese, so it must occur around the world.

Mike
Lord Vetinari
Jan-08-2008, 05:34 AM
Wonderful capture- never seen this phenomenon :)
Brian V.