The month is August. Much of the northern hemisphere is ensconced in the heat of summer. Perhaps this photograph of a table coated in ice will help cool things off — temporarily, at least.
Ice Table. Sunday Morning Photograph.
The symmetrical photograph was taken after an ice storm. Ice storms would be so much more useful in the summer to cool people off, in my opinion — but I guess that is what hail is for, I suppose.
Time to chill for a while with these cool photographs.
Final Boarding Call
Trivia time: Hail is caused by water droplets which are caught up in the strong updrafts of cumulonimbus clouds — which are the source of thunderstorms — to well above the freezing level. This process is repeated to create a hailstone, which can grow as additional water freezes onto it — depending on how strong are the updrafts in the cloud. Eventually, the hailstone becomes too heavy for the chilly updrafts to support it; and it ultimately falls to the ground. These balls of ice are present mainly during summer because cumulonimbus clouds form from the energy of the heat combined with humidity and can tower up to ten miles high, at which sub-zero temperatures are present at those altitudes.
The purpose of the weekly series of Sunday Morning Photograph articles is to feature photographs from my travels around the world which you can view while enjoying your morning coffee.
Please click here for a complete list of the Sunday Morning Photograph series of articles at The Gate With Brian Cohen, which include photographs taken of nature and sights of interest in many countries and territories around the world — including but not limited to:
Albania • Andorra • Argentina • Australia • Austria • Bahamas • Bahrain • Belgium • Belarus • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Botswana • Brazil • Bulgaria • Canada • China • Chile • Colombia • Côte d’Ivoire or Ivory Coast • Croatia • Cyprus — including the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus • Czechia or Czech Republic • Denmark • Dominican Republic • Egypt • England in Great Britain in the United Kingdom • Estonia • Fiji • Finland • France • Germany • Greece • Greenland • Hungary • Iceland • Ireland • Italy • Jamaica • Kenya • Kosovo • Latvia • Lebanon • Lesotho • Liechtenstein • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Malaysia • Mexico • Montenegro • Morocco • Mozambique • Netherlands • New Zealand • North Macedonia • Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom • Norway • Oman • Panama • Philippines • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Scotland in Great Britain in the United Kingdom • Singapore • Slovenia • South Africa • South Korea • Spain • Swaziland or Eswatini • Sweden • Switzerland • Thailand • Turkey or the Republic of Türkiye • United Arab Emirates • United States of America • Uruguay • Vanuatu • Wales in Great Britain in the United Kingdom
All photographs ©2005 by Brian Cohen.
