Ice and Snow

The temperature dropped to 2 degrees overnight followed by a light snow this morning. At our barn I found this teasel seed head covered with snow.



A close-up view of ice crystals clinging to dry grass.

 

Making water freeze on demand

I stopped at our cabin today to check on a couple of things and was surprised to find unopened bottles of water hadn't froze with the cold overnight temperatures. I picked up one of the bottles of water and it instantly solidified as I watched. I grabbed another bottle of liquid water and watched it freeze from top to bottom in seconds.

Here's a video of making the water freeze by just hitting the top of the bottle. This is not a time-lapse, it only takes a second or two.