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gunsandposes:

SNOW PATROL — Afghan National Army commandos march through a winter wonderland to disrupt a Taliban weapons storage and IED manufacturing network in Jaghatu district, Wardak province. February 24, 2012. Public domain USN photo by Sebastian McCormack.
(The Atlantic)

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travelingcolors:

St. Joseph Northpier Lighthouse | Michigan (by John McCormick)

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ikenbot:

Snow Rollers

A snow roller is a rare meteorological phenomenon in which large snowballs are formed naturally as chunks of snow are blown along the ground by wind, picking up material along the way, in much the same way that the large snowballs used in snowmen are made.

Unlike snowballs made by people, snow rollers are typically cylindrical in shape, and are often hollow since the inner layers, which are the first layers to form, are weak and thin compared to the outer layers and can easily be blown away, leaving what looks like a doughnut or Swiss roll —[**]

629 ♥ / 7 months ago

ikenbot:

Snow Rollers
A snow roller is a rare meteorological phenomenon in which large snowballs are formed naturally as chunks of snow are blown along the ground by wind, picking up material along the way, in much the same way that the large snowballs used in snowmen are made.
Unlike snowballs made by people, snow rollers are typically cylindrical in shape, and are often hollow since the inner layers, which are the first layers to form, are weak and thin compared to the outer layers and can easily be blown away, leaving what looks like a doughnut or Swiss roll —[**]

629 ♥ / 7 months ago

laboratoryequipment:

Orbiter Sees Carbon-Dioxide Snowfall on MarsNASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter data have given scientists the clearest evidence yet of carbon-dioxide snowfalls on Mars. This reveals the only known example of carbon-dioxide snow falling anywhere in our solar system.Frozen carbon dioxide, better known as “dry ice,” requires temperatures of about minus 193 F (minus 125 C), which is much colder than needed for freezing water. Carbon-dioxide snow reminds scientists that although some parts of Mars may look quite Earth-like, the Red Planet is very different. The report is being published in the Journal of Geophysical Research. “These are the first definitive detections of carbon-dioxide snow clouds,” says the report’s lead author, Paul Hayne of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. “We firmly establish the clouds are composed of carbon dioxide – flakes of Martian air – and they are thick enough to result in snowfall accumulation at the surface.”Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2012/09/orbiter-sees-carbon-dioxide-snowfall-mars

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victoriousvocabulary:

USTULATION
[noun]
the act or process of searing or burning - from Late Latin ustulāre, from Latin ūrere to burn.

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