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   The Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) highlights the diverse processes   
   and phenomena which shape our planet and our lives. EPOD will collect and   
   archive photos, imagery, graphics, and artwork with short explanatory   
   captions and links exemplifying features within the Earth system. The   
   community is invited to contribute digital imagery, short captions and   
   relevant links.   
      
      
    Pearl Necklace or Frozen Spiderweb?   
      
      January 25, 2023   
      
      
       20221211CavershamFrozen11   
      Photographer:  Chris Kotsiopoulos   
      
      Summary Authors:  Chris Kotsiopoulos;  Jim Foster   
      
      The frozen spiderweb above looks like it could be the design for a new   
      pearl necklace. I noticed it after a night of thick fog and   
      below-freezing temperatures where I live in Reading, England. By early   
      morning the next day everything was transformed into a world of tiny   
      ice crystals. I quickly retrieved my faithful  Nikon D600 (DSLR)   
      camera, put on a  reverse lens for macro photography, and headed   
      over to  View Island, where I captured this photograph – I really   
      like its simplicity.   
      
      The necklace’s icy look is a result of rime ice ( hoar frost), which   
      forms when the atmosphere is much colder than the surface,   
      when  water vapor is plentiful and when  supersaturation of water   
      molecules in the atmosphere is high. These criteria were met on this   
      foggy morning.  Click here to see more such photos – all were taken   
      on December 11, 2022.   
      
      
      Caversham, Reading, U.K. Coordinates: 51.4681022, -0.9738896   
      
      
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