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| - | '''Diamond dust''' (ice needles, frost in the air, frost mist) A type of [[precipitation]] composed of slowly falling, very small, unbranched crystals of '''[[ice]]''' which often seem to float in the air. It may fall from a high '''[[cloud]]''' or from a cloudless sky. It usually occurs under frosty weather conditions (under very low air temperatures). | + | [[Image:20090414163550 vom bernkogel 1 diamond dust.jpg|'''Diamond dust''' (ice needles, frost in the air, '''[[frost]]''' mist) A type of '''[[precipitation]]''' composed of slowly falling, very small, unbranched crystals of '''[[ice]]''' which often seem to float in the air. It may fall from a high '''[[cloud]]''' or from a cloudless sky. It usually occurs under frosty weather conditions (under very low air '''[[temperatures]]''')Spindrift, Stratus and Diamond Dust Sundogs..... The Schattberg, Saalbach Austria. © Thomas Dossler.|thumb|400px]] |
| + | '''Diamond dust''' (ice needles, frost in the air, '''[[frost]]''' mist) A type of '''[[precipitation]]''' composed of slowly falling, very small, unbranched crystals of '''[[ice]]''' which often seem to float in the air. It may fall from a high '''[[cloud]]''' or from a cloudless sky. | ||
| - | [[ | + | It usually occurs under frosty weather conditions (under very low air '''[[temperatures]]'''). |
| - | Spindrift, Stratus and Diamond Dust Sundogs..... The Schattberg, Saalbach Austria. © Thomas Dossler. | ||
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| - | + | == Also see == | |
| - | + | *'''[[Weather]]''' | |
| - | * | + | *'''[[Ice pellets]]''' |
| + | *'''[[Precipitation]]''' | ||
| + | *'''[[Ice fog]]''' | ||
| + | *'''[[Firnification]]''' | ||
| + | *'''[[Corn Snow]]''' | ||
| + | == Reference == | ||
| + | #''National Snow and Ice Data Center'' [http://nsidc.org/arcticmet/glossary/diamond_dust.html] | ||
| + | # Wikipedia ''Diamond Dust'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_dust] | ||
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Diamond dust (ice needles, frost in the air, frost mist) A type of precipitation composed of slowly falling, very small, unbranched crystals of ice which often seem to float in the air. It may fall from a high cloud or from a cloudless sky.
It usually occurs under frosty weather conditions (under very low air temperatures).
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