| I didn't have to wander too far into the woods beside my
home in Vernon, Vermont, to find this shot. Corn snow usually occurs in
the spring. However, the conditions were suitable one fall day to form
this type of snow. It is characterized by large, loose granules (as
large as corn kernels), formed during the day, which freeze together at
night, then warm up again and loosen during the day. Did you see how the
three corn snow-covered poplar leaves repeat the pattern of the three
violet leaves? In addition to the arrangement of the elements in the
composition the distinctiveness of the granules fascinated me --
granules of snow placed so delicately on the leaves - just a touch of
winter. |
