Earlier this week we had about three days straight of pogonip in the morning. The north side of our house didn’t get any sun during the day so the crystals on the gravel grew longer each day. It was beautiful! Here’s a few close-up shots of what pogonip crystals look like. This is a small […]
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Wednesday morning dawned cold and slightly foggy – perfect conditions for a light pogonip. ♦ pogonip ˈpä-gə-ˌnip noun a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western United States. Origin: 1860–65, Americanism; < Shoshone paγɨnappɨh thunder cloud; cf. soγovaγɨnappɨh fog (with soγo- earth), yaγumpaγɨnappih fog (with yaγun- […]