Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Desert Snow

We’ve had two wet cold fronts pass through lately, leaving rain in the valley, snow on the mountains, and misty fog everywhere. As a companion piece to my posts about blue skies and clouds, here is what it looked like at Tohono Chul Park.

Bestest snow Park 2-9-2013 8-44-20 AM 2048x1536

And on a wetter day, this was the view from our house:

Snow Jan 13 2-12-2013 7-28-08 AM 3607x2261

snow and fog 2013 2-12-2013 7-28-13 AM 3253x1641

4 comments:

  1. A dusting! Looks like confectionery sugar on chocolate.

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    1. Well, this is about as serious as snow gets around here, except when--occasionally--it reaches the desert floor.

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  2. Beautiful photos!
    -CT

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    1. Thanks! The mountains do all the work. :-)

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