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Seriously Cold

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted November 3, 2009743 views12 comments

Olympus C2500L, Handheld
f3.9, 1/400, ISO400

The blurring in the photo is a combination of ice fog and the effect of extreme cold on 2003-era sensors.

"Ice fog" is frozen water vapor crystals hanging in the air, a fog of ice crystals instead of water droplets. It's a very serious hazard at extremely cold temperatures in the inversion-prone Fairbanks area. The photo was taken at exactly 12:00 noon.

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12 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on November 3, 2009 at 8:19 AM

Jim: Makes me glad I live in the sun belt! I'm surprised the camera would even function in these conditions. Brrrrrr! >=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by David Schwaegler on November 3, 2009 at 9:06 AM

Very impressive. I spent a few days in Fairbanks in July. What a difference!

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Comment posted by Carol Nichols on November 3, 2009 at 10:22 AM

When I was a teenager I lived in Iowa and some days schools would be closed in the winter because it was too cold for kids to walk to school. And I thought that was cold! Man, I never want to feel -49 cold. Terrific sign photo Jim. Makes me shiver.

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Comment posted by Pam Colander on November 3, 2009 at 12:55 PM

No thanks! Makes my teeth chatter just looking at this.

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Comment posted by Joel DeYoung on November 3, 2009 at 5:20 PM

Ewwwww! you know it's cold when it can warm up almost 50deg in one day and still be Zero! I don't think I want to know what this feels like.

Registered on July 12, 2009, 92 Posts, 1074 Comments

Comment posted by Miro Susta on November 3, 2009 at 8:58 PM

Jim, this is real cold. How to survive? -49F is -45C; where I live now the temperature is never lover (day & night) than +73F (+23C). I like the image camouflaged by ice fog.

Registered on August 18, 2006, 719 Posts, 3736 Comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on November 3, 2009 at 11:52 PM

Jim, this is real cold. How to survive? -49F is -45C; where I live now the temperature is never lover (day & night) than +73F (+23C).

Miro, the critical thing to remember is that you can always put more clothes (insulation) on, but there is a limit to how many you can take off.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on November 5, 2009 at 9:19 AM

Great theme entry, Jim--although this a repeat, and i was kind of hoping you'd top this with a new post of -50 degrees

I hope it gets that cold here in CO this winter--might kill off some of the stinkin pine beetles!

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Comment posted by Jade Schiess on November 5, 2009 at 2:37 PM

YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't want to be there!

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on November 9, 2009 at 5:15 PM

Dang, I don't ever want to be somewhere when it's this cold. Yikes

Congrats on the EP

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on November 10, 2009 at 1:51 AM

No thanks, I'll take California..

Congrats on the EP!

Sandy r

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on November 12, 2009 at 6:36 PM

My dad was in the area during WWII, so I've heard many a story of the weather/temps there. Amazing that they could accomplish what they did (built airfields in Gulcanna and Big Delta). I think I'll pass!

Congrats on the EP.

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