Jan 29 - Snow and Melting Ice

January 29 Snow and Melting Ice by:

Michael Peres on how to photograph snowflakes A veteran photographer of nature’s beauty on a minuscule scale, Michael Peres offers you tips on how you can photograph snowflakes. Read more. New warning about Greenland ice melt A new study suggests that Greenland ice is melting 4 times faster than in 2003. "We’re going to see faster and faster sea level rise for the foreseeable future," these scientists said. Read more. How snowflakes get their shapes It depends on the temperature and humidity of the air where the snowflakes form. Read more. Fiona M. Donnelly captured these snowflakes in Smiths Falls, Ontario. Visit EarthSky Community Photos to see more photos by EarthSky friends.

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Next few mornings … Moon slides past 3 planets The brilliant planets Jupiter and Venus - and fainter Saturn, which is also closer to the sunrise horizon - will all be passed by the moon in late January and early February 2019. Read more.

A few favorite snowflake photos John Entwistle caught this one on January 13. Look here for more snowflake photos from EarthSky friends. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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