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It's dark out, and it has been since 5pm. Right now, it all looks a bit unearthly outside, snow reflecting the moonlight and shining blue-purple. There are animal tracks everywhere--mostly from birds, but also skunks, rabbits, and deer.

Under the snow is hard-packed layers of old snow and sometimes (especially on roads) ice. The top layer of snow melts in the sunlight and re-freezes, and you get a frozen crust over top the fluffy stuff. It crunches under your boots, like you're stepping on glass, and your feet sink down to the bottom.

When humid air chills quickly overnight when there's not much wind, we sometimes end up with hoar frost. It grows out from trees in long spikes, and covers everything in a thick layer of white frost. It's very beautiful. After the snow starts to melt, we end up with icicles hanging from our gutters and roofs, and those are really pretty too.

In daylight, when the sky is clear and there's nothing but sun, snow is bright. Really, really bright. Snow sparkles like someone threw glitter everywhere. You can get sunburn from it, and snow blindness. Usually only happens to skiers, though.

Edited 2012-12-24 02:52 (UTC)

Wait, you can get sunburn from snow? I know about snow blindness, but usually around here you would normally get sunburn from being out in the fields (or beaches) for too long.

The sunlight reflects off the snow, doubling your exposure. Most people don't stay out long enough for it to be an issue, but it definitely happens.

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