Subject: [Tweeters] Off Topic: Hair Ice at Nisqually
Date: Fri Jan 28 17:34:26 PST 2022
From: Tom and Carol Stoner - tcstonefam at gmail.com

I found what I thought was a strange, feathery fungus growing on a rotting
branch at Nisqually today. When I went to identify it, I stumbled upon
this link:
https://phys.org/news/2015-07-fungus-responsible-peculiar-ice-filaments.html

It seems hair ice is the result of a specific wood/water/fungus/weather
combination. Quite beautiful. The time lapse movie is remarkable.

Carol Stoner
West Seattle, 2021 social distance champions