was the most interesting thing. (i hate snow. comes near the end of October, stays till May. just looks like white, cold sand. even makes snow drifts. Basically a sand dune of snow, that can't even support the weight of a cat. its so fine that it looks like a river of snow on the highway.)
I love the random short videos explaining natural phenomena you encounter, it's super interesting! I would love if this were to become a regular series, you don't even have to waste time editing it.
There are plenty of really minute things we experience and over look on a daily basis, but I mean in the long run rather than a daily/weekly series. @@werner.x
@@alexsguha That sure would work. I think, Cody is quite good at that already. I don't want to put pressure on him - he already has sacrificed important things of his life - maybe related to his youtube activities, who knows.
The huge aspect of the glittery snow is the stereography. One eye sees totally different sparkles than the other one which confuses our brains a lot. That's why it's so pretty.
A natural lab experiment that most of us would have not seen and Cody was luckly about and took the time to share and explain to us how it happened. Thank you Cody, keep crunching on :)
ICE FEATHERS! ..... AHHHHHH!!!! Jump scare! That mouse... uh boy. :) I caught an occasional glint of what you were speaking of so I am CERTAIN that in person it must be a fabulous sight. Peaceful Skies.
That looks amazing, I used to have this one steep hillside in my yard that would grow these until they conglomerated into a delicate crust layer and I never really thought about why it would form but I'd almost always break off a piece and move it around in the sunlight. I'm not sure I ever would've recalled that memory without this video, thank you Cody and thanks for explaining the phenomenon too
I've seen this effect here in the UK when we had a cold blast about 15 or so years ago (the one that made "super-efficient" condensing boilers stop working, cos the externally-routed condensate pipes froze solid!), I went out on a walk in the cold weather and noted a lot of the untouched laying snow had grown these long crystals like this, it was quite an interesting sight to see, never knew how it formed, but now I do... :D
Reminds me of seeing needle ice when hiking. Warm water in the ground causes capillary action and the cold air freezes the water as it comes out of the ground leaving ice needles!
This reminds me of a vacation I went on in my youth. We stopped by Arches National Park in the early spring. Similar structures had formed on the patches of snow making the whole landscape shimmer and sparkle as we hiked around the reddish brown sandstone.
lol the youtube compression hates your glittery snow... What a fascinating and complex mechanism you've demystified here! Us Floridians can only stare in wonder at our screens thinking 40F is so freakin cold, it's gotta be just a few degrees from absolute zero, right!? lol
I've never seen this despite living in cold, cold Canada. I've seen something similar after foggy nights when the frost falls off the trees, but never crystals standing up like that!
All snow looks alien to me where I live, but that definitely looks different than any snow I've seen on a TV screen! Looks like frozen grass, except way cooler
Really cool! I had no idea that sublimating ice/snow can cause this. Altough I'm quite familar with sublimation. For example thin layers of ice and snow on streets often tend to vanish over time (especially if it's sunny and windy) - even if the temperature never goes above freezing. It never melts and makes the street wet, but just vanishes and leave the asphalt dry (which is often nice as it also means the friction driving or walking on it will be pretty like summer on the dried up parts). Also if food is forgotten in the freezer for too long in a plastic bag (for example bread). It dries out while much of the water vapour never leave the bag either - the vapour condensate again and build a layer of frost on the inside of the bag.
TIL! Have seen the phenomenom before, but haven't thought about it deeply. Several of the wonders that dihydrogenmonoxide have come to play togheter. Keep up the good work Cody!
I see this in my freezer. I've seen it in winter time on a small scale, but never like this! And also didn't know it was because of the subimation happening in the ground. I always thought it was just the regular moisture in the air. Thanks for sharing!
Very interesting facts. Kind of reminds me of how rock formations form in a cave. Just a little bit different when you mentioned how the water read deposits on the Crystal and it just keeps getting longer and longer that's what came in my mind.
I've lived all my life in Canada and I've never seen snow do that before! Probably because we don't tend to get just a little bit of snow very often... It usually comes in snowstorms that lay it pretty thick.
That's really neat. I've seen something sorta similar on the frozen lake next to our town, while the ice was still fresh and smooth and hadn't been covered by snow. But instead of tiny grass-like structures, it formed fewer but much much larger flower-like structures. It might have been just due to freezing fog instead of this sublimation process (or maybe it was the ice sublimating in the sun), but it was also fascinating.
These formations are called "Penitentes" and are named after a Catholic tradition where men dress in white costumes and pointy hats as part of a ceremony of penance. I believe they still carry the tradition in the Philippines.
LoL the jump scare I had when the tiny mouse jumped out made me giggle. Those crystals are gorgeous!
Yes. Prepare to change pants - that was startling!
1 month ago?!
Got me good, was not expecting that. 😂
Channel supporters might have the videos in advance@@ogonbio8145
@@ogonbio8145 yeah, released for paying subscribers a month ago.
I was not expecting the mouse, jolted me awake from the peaceful snow
was the most interesting thing.
(i hate snow. comes near the end of October, stays till May. just looks like white, cold sand. even makes snow drifts. Basically a sand dune of snow, that can't even support the weight of a cat. its so fine that it looks like a river of snow on the highway.)
The mouse jumpscare 😂
Hey Cody! This is typically called hoar frost, and is one of the main causes of avalanches when snow packs on top of hoar frost.
And it happens on cold clear nights, really bad for the snow pack👍
Nature's beauty is a sign of danger? That's the first time I've heard one. :P
@@SukacitaYeremia A lot of frogs and snakes are laughing at this comment as we speak!
It's surface hoar.
@@ferrumignis Your mother's a surface hoar.
I love the random short videos explaining natural phenomena you encounter, it's super interesting! I would love if this were to become a regular series, you don't even have to waste time editing it.
It's hard to make a series out of randomly happening stuff.
One practically get pressed to walk around 27/7 to collect interesting phenomenons.
There are plenty of really minute things we experience and over look on a daily basis, but I mean in the long run rather than a daily/weekly series. @@werner.x
@@alexsguha That sure would work.
I think, Cody is quite good at that already. I don't want to put pressure on him - he already has sacrificed important things of his life - maybe related to his youtube activities, who knows.
The small joys in life, snow crystals, a jumping mouse, and a Cody quick vid sharing them! 💚❄️✌️😎
0:38 one might even say, the light is bouncing off in a SPECULAR fashion!
Scared me to bits 😂
It made me spill coffee all over my keyboard LOL
I’ve seen snow like this a couple times, but never with such large crystals. Absolutely stunning!
The huge aspect of the glittery snow is the stereography. One eye sees totally different sparkles than the other one which confuses our brains a lot. That's why it's so pretty.
That's pretty wild. Never seen snow like that before
A natural lab experiment that most of us would have not seen and Cody was luckly about and took the time to share and explain to us how it happened. Thank you Cody, keep crunching on :)
Thanks for the heart attack at the end there, Cody! 🤣
When awkward is part of your brand. 😉 Cody is great, I can always count on him for a smile.
Mouse: "It's a life or death situation, I must make my escape"
Cody: "Look at these crystals though"
Thank you for showing this, cody. I live in a tropical country and ive never seen snow in real life and had no ideia this could happen.
I have never seen such beautiful snow! The long needle-like crystals are amazing!
You know it's freaking cold when the snow behaves like sand
on Pluto, water is considered a mineral apparently
@@1224chrisng Psh, I can get mineral water on Earth too, what's the big deal? /s
@@1224chrisng who on pluto is calling water a mineral?
It's cold for sure but when it gets really cold snow is like a fine powder.
@@1224chrisng well, it's not animal or vegetable.
Never expected a jump scare in your videos. 2 videos in a day is fantastic!
Haha, the most adorable jump scare ever.
That was a really concise, straight forward explanation of the phenomenon. Another great job, Cody! Thank you!
ICE FEATHERS!
..... AHHHHHH!!!!
Jump scare! That mouse... uh boy. :)
I caught an occasional glint of what you were speaking of so I am CERTAIN that in person it must be a fabulous sight.
Peaceful Skies.
That looks amazing, I used to have this one steep hillside in my yard that would grow these until they conglomerated into a delicate crust layer and I never really thought about why it would form but I'd almost always break off a piece and move it around in the sunlight. I'm not sure I ever would've recalled that memory without this video, thank you Cody and thanks for explaining the phenomenon too
It's like grass snow. I bet it looked amazing in person!
Man I jumped so hard when the mouse came out! Keep up the good work Cody, love seeing these new videos!
mmmm. The crunch on that snow sounds so good.
That mouse jumpscare out of nowhere!
You have such a good science eye Cody, I love these random vignettes you make.
always fun to see the tiny things around Chicken Base!
Thank you. I learned something. So funny to be around smart people
I've seen these long growths on tree limbs/twigs when conditions are right... but never "reflected" on it also growing on snow. Nice!
That mouse gave me a serious jump scare. 🤣🤣
As always. Thanks for sharing Cody!
your sense of wonder and amazement is as pure as the recryst'd snow💙
Cody, you're just a big smart kid and it warms my heart
Where I live we get plenty of snow and rarely hoar frost, but I've never seen snow turn into hoar frost before
Thank you for explaining something I've always wondered about but thought was too complicated to research.
Thank you for the video ! ☺♥
I've seen this effect here in the UK when we had a cold blast about 15 or so years ago (the one that made "super-efficient" condensing boilers stop working, cos the externally-routed condensate pipes froze solid!), I went out on a walk in the cold weather and noted a lot of the untouched laying snow had grown these long crystals like this, it was quite an interesting sight to see, never knew how it formed, but now I do... :D
I really appreciate this. Snow where I am, has always been deposited from above. I had never dreamt that snow could happen a different way.
Dind't expect a jump scare from Cody :D
Awesome insight and explanation, thank you!
Reminds me of seeing needle ice when hiking. Warm water in the ground causes capillary action and the cold air freezes the water as it comes out of the ground leaving ice needles!
It looks like glass grass. It's beautiful.
It looks like brush strokes in a painting. No joke that is really cool.
Cheers from down under! Would like to feel and experience snow sometime. Doesn’t snow often in Australia
He’s got the long tube snow.
very cool, I have never seen snow form like that. I appreciate the lesson, and the jump scare was fun.
This reminds me of a vacation I went on in my youth. We stopped by Arches National Park in the early spring. Similar structures had formed on the patches of snow making the whole landscape shimmer and sparkle as we hiked around the reddish brown sandstone.
Incredible! Thanks for sharing, Cody!
Huh. I never knew I needed to know this. Thanks, Cody!
lol the youtube compression hates your glittery snow... What a fascinating and complex mechanism you've demystified here! Us Floridians can only stare in wonder at our screens thinking 40F is so freakin cold, it's gotta be just a few degrees from absolute zero, right!? lol
It's like an inverted ice sickle. Neat!
We get that here, too. We also get morning dew condensing like that onto frozen cobwebs.
Glad to see Cody using gloves here. Snow is dangerous stuff.
Yeah, it isn't safe like mercury! /s
Super cool (pun intended) how you were able to use the shadow of the tree to help confirm the phenomena!
Also, that mouse scared the shit out of me.
I've never seen this despite living in cold, cold Canada. I've seen something similar after foggy nights when the frost falls off the trees, but never crystals standing up like that!
All snow looks alien to me where I live, but that definitely looks different than any snow I've seen on a TV screen! Looks like frozen grass, except way cooler
Gorgeous!
I didn't know snow could do that. I love the way it looks.❤
Cool things on our Earth! One can only imagine what the fine details are on the surfaces of ice moons like Enceladus or Europa.
I literally JUMPED for that little cute mouse
It is always amazing to see the different types of snow in Utah. Thanks for sharing.
What a world we live in! Thank you for sharing and teaching us.
Reminds me of when i had freezing fog at my place when there was already snow on the ground. Absolutely massive crystals like that
Fascinating and beautiful at the same time... so cool. (Literally)
Beautiful.
Really cool! I had no idea that sublimating ice/snow can cause this.
Altough I'm quite familar with sublimation. For example thin layers of ice and snow on streets often tend to vanish over time (especially if it's sunny and windy) - even if the temperature never goes above freezing. It never melts and makes the street wet, but just vanishes and leave the asphalt dry (which is often nice as it also means the friction driving or walking on it will be pretty like summer on the dried up parts).
Also if food is forgotten in the freezer for too long in a plastic bag (for example bread). It dries out while much of the water vapour never leave the bag either - the vapour condensate again and build a layer of frost on the inside of the bag.
That's beautiful, thanks Cody
Very cool video. Beautiful affect that leads to all sorts of interesting questions
Very cool. Thank you Cody!
snow grass
good addition to my something i'd like to see in person bucket list
I love these videos. Learning something I’ve always kinda wondered: why some snow is like that. Thanks Cody!
Awesome always a great day when Cody posts videos love watching brother glad you are doing good thanks for sharing
It's nice to see Robo Cody's new voice and communication update working in the field. Hope the real Cody was warm in the hab
Lonely chemist was fascinated by huge crystals in the middle of the desert.
TIL!
Have seen the phenomenom before, but haven't thought about it deeply. Several of the wonders that dihydrogenmonoxide have come to play togheter.
Keep up the good work Cody!
Thanks for the explanation on how that forms. That's some cool stuff I can share with my kids and grandkids. Also, most epic jump scare. Lol.
Wow!!!! Did not know and absolutely love this info!!!
Makes perfect sense 😊
"These Chrystals though" Jessie Pinkman
I see this in my freezer. I've seen it in winter time on a small scale, but never like this! And also didn't know it was because of the subimation happening in the ground. I always thought it was just the regular moisture in the air.
Thanks for sharing!
Very interesting facts. Kind of reminds me of how rock formations form in a cave. Just a little bit different when you mentioned how the water read deposits on the Crystal and it just keeps getting longer and longer that's what came in my mind.
It's beautiful! Never seen that.
And thanks for the explanation!
Like a small forest of snow trees! You should build an earth ship like home base at chickenhole, that be too sick! Love you Cody
Amazing! Utah's west desert view! Great footage and explanation of the crystal growth on the snow.
He's really in Nevada but I... it... actually used be Utah until Nevada became Nevada
Amazing and clear explanation!
I've lived all my life in Canada and I've never seen snow do that before! Probably because we don't tend to get just a little bit of snow very often... It usually comes in snowstorms that lay it pretty thick.
3:14 Holy sh!t I did not expect an Alien jump scare!
3:13 That was the most hardcore jumpscare of my life
That's really neat.
I've seen something sorta similar on the frozen lake next to our town, while the ice was still fresh and smooth and hadn't been covered by snow. But instead of tiny grass-like structures, it formed fewer but much much larger flower-like structures. It might have been just due to freezing fog instead of this sublimation process (or maybe it was the ice sublimating in the sun), but it was also fascinating.
That looks incredible!
That is neat! Thanks for sharing. I'm sure it is way prettier in person.
it was 117 F (47c) an hour ago here where I am in Australia! I'd love for snow! Easier to get warm than cool off!
I turn 60 this April and I'm yet to see actual snow with my own eyes. Thanks Cody.
3:14 The BAM! when the tail hits the microphone, though.
even in Canada having snow every year, i never seen snow like that, reminds me of slush but without the water binding it!
That's amazing! Never seen that in the UK
Awesome video Cody! This was so incredible
Pretty cool! I've missed your videos!
These formations are called "Penitentes" and are named after a Catholic tradition where men dress in white costumes and pointy hats as part of a ceremony of penance. I believe they still carry the tradition in the Philippines.