The most recent "storm" didn't leave behind as much snow as predicted but it did leave some bitter cold in its wake. This morning the "official" park low was 0°F (-18°C) and, with a lot of moisture in the air, left behind some pretty scenery in the form of hoarfrost on everything. The day started out foggy and fog is, of course, water vapor. The frost forms when the vapor "sublimates" into ice, essentially bypassing the 'liquid" state and changing directly from vapor into solid in the form of ice crystals.

The frost stuck to a lot of things including pine trees like this Ponderosa. As things began to warm up the ice crystals would separate and, with a little wind, fall from the trees like snow was falling from clear blue skies. When I left Inspiration Point there was an area just out of the parking lot that was white as if there had just been a light snow. While I'm not looking forward to the bitter cold, it would be okay to able to shoot it again - never saw it much in Florida . . .