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On the Way Back, a Last Sun Ray Manages to Illuminate the Ice Crystals Tufts (Virga) at High Altitude; South-Eastern Krk Island, Mountain-Kvarner Region, Hrvatska

01-April-2023

 

 

As you can see in this upper part of the path, where the stony environment is always a great shoulder for the contrasts with the sky, the path, in front of me, is barely visible and little better (in terms of walkability) than what is off the path (like walking on stone eggs...), here the work of the ankles is considerable, moreover it is good to return to the part where the path is more visible before total darkness, as the references are very few (even with the headlamp I had with me).

 

Finally, remember that ice crystals, the ones that make up snowflakes, are completely white and therefore reflect light and colors almost 100%, while water droplets, which make up raindrops, mainly absorb light and refract it, coloring themself little or nothing but generating the rainbow which instead does not occur with completely snowy precipitations.

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Taken on April 1, 2023