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Hair Ice: How It Forms and Why It’s So Fascinating

Fragile ice threads may occasionally be seen developing from decaying wood in the forest at the boundary between freezing and thawing. Let's elaborate on their intriguing characters.

By Bertie Atkinson
Hair ice
When the temperature drops just below freezing, hair ice appears in the damp, decomposing dead wood of a birch limb. (Image by EGU - Media Library)