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Dewdrops and raindrops

Beautiful Ice

Rime & Frost

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Image Type(s): Informational, Scenery

Page By: nartreb

Created/Edited: Apr 15, 2006 / Jun 1, 2009

Object ID: 188275

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Rime Ice / Hoarfrost

Dewdrops are nice, but on mountaintops, when the mercury drops and the winds rise, condensation takes a more spectacular form: rime. This album is dedicated to rime ice in all its manifestations, on any mountain worldwide. Please contribute your best close-ups. Glaze ice (verglas) is OK too.

Definitions

Rime:
1) buildup of ice (in the form of small white crystals) when small liquid droplets (fog) freeze upon contact with a cold surface.
2) Any crusty crystalline buildup, like the salt around a margarita glass.
See wikipedia: rime (frost)

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Hoarfrost: buildup of ice (in the form of crystals, usually small and white) when water vapor in the air condenses as ice on a surface.
See wikipedia: hoarfrost

In short, the main difference between rime and hoarfrost is that rime is the result of freezing fog, Hoarfrost forms in the absence of fog. Compared to rime, hoarfrost forms larger, more delicate crystals, but it is often difficult to tell the two apart; when in doubt "rime" is never entirely wrong (see definition #2).

Glaze ice: glassy ice formed when a relatively large amount of liquid water (a raindrop, or several) freezes while in contact with a surface. The ice is hard and mostly clear, like ice cubes.
Glaze ice is the result of freezing rain (sometimes fog), or freezing after rain or heavy fog.

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Hoar Crystals

Rime Doughnut

Rime Ice from first winter...

On the summit of Peitlernock

Lobnik valley

Rime ice near the summit of...

Icy Tree

Ice, wind and rock...

I nowhere found so beautiful...

Cvrsnica

Climbing the Pizzo Cefalone (2)

Hoar frost on the summit of...

nice rime ice builds with...

Storzic

September 6, 2004
The summit...

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mauri pelto

Rime shouts mountains

Voted 10/10

Gorgeous pictures, whenever I see rime I know I am in the mountains and in conditions when most people are not.

Posted Apr 18, 2006 8:56 pm

MountaingirlBC

beautiful

Voted 10/10

the greatest artists in the world can't hold a candle to mother nature

Posted May 16, 2006 3:32 pm

Baarb

Great idea for a page!

Voted 10/10

It's nice to see the smaller details of the outdoors getting some attention :)

Posted Jun 17, 2006 9:25 pm

Igor Czs

Just Awesome......!

Hasn't voted

One of my favorite albums.....No doubt!
Thanks for every single post!

Cheers!

Posted Sep 16, 2007 5:57 pm


	nartreb	Re: Just Awesome......!
	Hasn't voted	Thanks Igor! Don't forget to thank the photographers by voting for your favorite photos!
		Posted Sep 17, 2007 11:53 am

TacoDelRio

Hey, cool

Voted 10/10

Cool deal, Nartreb!

Posted Nov 16, 2007 2:49 am

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