For those of you who don’t know what -39* looks like… this is a pretty good photo of it.
The creek, where the ice is out of it, is much warmer than the air… and it creates low lying fog along its banks. While most think snow should only be white, I think the more accurate color should be a brittle blue, a sharpness that cuts with multiple little snow blades when a trip sends you sprawling. On my way to work with an extra fifteen minute head start based on snow packed roads and the over bearing thought of not wanting to exceed fifty miles per hour, the sun had barely begun to send its rays on the hilltops. Snow squeaks at such temperature and as my power window jerks against the ice holding it in place, I can hear my tires slow as the squeak fades away. I focus, frame, and shoot the picture. Frigid air clashes against the warmth of the defroster and heater. I move my hand from heated steering wheel to raise the window, sealing me in my heated cubicle, onward I go, winding my way through the brittle blue.
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Beautiful but extremely cold. In middle England -19C is the lowest I’ve experienced. However, as that was overnight and I was asleep in my warm bed it was only my car that suffered.
Gorgeous color, but I don’t even like to consider -39 degrees! Drying a wet dog after a walk here in wet southern California is enough for me. And ICE!!! NO THANKS! It’s much too slipery.
Stay safe, dry, and warm.
“Brittle Blue” is a very apt title for the picture. I’ll take the snow and cold over the ice-encasement we are dealing with here in W. N.Y. I can’t even
get to my garage for the solid ice that is coating the driveway. Be careful.
Love this!
Great photo and description of the Wyoming weather this past week!
Brrrr!
That brittle blue is such a gorgeous color. The Bighorn River was all foggy again this morning at -20 here. Such a tough winter. I’ve snow piled everywhere and pathways through the yard with 3 foot high walls. Just crazy for this high desert living!