Why, in 84 days, is a large ice deposit only in that one spot? Why is
the frost not somewhat uniform? Keep in mind the photo is upside
down. The ground is at the top. The pictures make a lot more sense
when flipped 180 degrees. The strut in the foreground is also in the
dark, yet has no sign of frost at all in either photo. There are
many photos of many parts on Phoenix, but none have shown large and
changing white spots.
BTW, we have many types of dry icing conditions here in south central
Alaska, especially when temperatures are below -30 deg. F. It is not
widely known that many areas in Alaska are classified as deserts,
based on annual precipitation.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
On Aug 25, 2008, at 2:57 PM, leaking pen wrote:
unless the differeing heat exchange of the metal causes ot to build
frost from the vapor dissapearing from the ground. ive seen that
effect with railings here in arizona in the dry dry winters.
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Horace Heffner
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Aug 25, 2008, at 12:26 PM, Harry Veeder wrote:
could that be frost?
harry
Could be, but it seems to me unlikely, given there is no frost on
anything
else. A very light morning frost does occur on the ground there at
times.
If anything, the "before" picture looks like the ground is
lighter, so it
should have the frost.
