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I had to point out that we have not really had snow all winter; what they were calling snow is really something known as rime ice. Rime ice? Wait, wait! Is this a Lowenfels nerd column about what ...

Snow and rime ice, which forms when temperatures are below freezing, winds are gusty and there’s fog, were seen at the peak ...

Patrick Leverone of the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum holding a piece of the moon that landed on earth as a meteorite in northern Africa. (MATT MALONEY PHOTO) ...

The landscapes within the laboratory closely mirror the nature. The entire route starts from Tianchi Lake of Changbai Mountain, flows downstream along the Songhua River, and passes through well-known ...

The rime ice formations stretch out in the direction the wind was blowing from. Once water vapor hits the trees, it becomes supercooled and crystallizes. Some call them shrimp tails because their ...

A photo shows the landscape of the indoor rime ice laboratory at the Jilin Beishan Four Seasons Cross-country Ski Park in Jilin city, Jilin province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] As ...