We had a rather striking sunrise the other day. I snapped a picture (I was not driving), then realized after that it looked like a giant eye. And not really a benevolent one. I had “From a Distance” by Bette Midler stuck in my head the rest of the day.
Well a tiny bit of snow, but it is more than we’ve seen here since we moved in. I yelled like a kid out of school, woke my eldest so she could see actual flakes, had everyone in the house look outside, then let the teenager go back to bed. As a teenager, she was not impressed. I’ve had to modify her request (made at 10 years old) to be woken up to see snow. Honestly, it was a tiny dusting of snow, not impressive, but I do enjoy watching the snowflakes float through the air. We usually get freezing rain, which is only pretty on the tree branches when it is over, and makes driving a bear.
I have never seen an edge contrail before, or at least not one that looks like a beam of dark piercing the sky. I saw this one and had to pull over to take a picture because… what the?!? The line of shadow actually is more pronounced in the picture than what my eyes saw, so I’m glad I took it. And I’m glad for this article, from which I learned about contrail shadows. Although I’m still wrapping my head around how it works. The article goes through some complicated math. Regardless, a shadow line in a clear blue sky is rather striking. You can see a bit of the fluffy end of the contrail causing the shadow in the upper right of the photo.
Critters and Craft 