Friday, October 13, 2006
The First Snow
Yesterday we had our first snow. Ofcourse the ground is too warm for it to stick, but hey it sure was pretty coming down! Speaking of snow, are you aware of the new snow flake postage stamps that are coming out this year? They are actual pictures of snow flakes! To read more about the man who photographed them visit this long link:
http://www.usps.com/communications/news/stamps/2006/sr06_045.htm
If you want the short version, here's a blurb I found on the Internet:
The 2006 Winter Holiday Season will be celebrated on stamps in October when the four "Holiday Snowflakes" stamps are issued. Physicist Kenneth Libbrecht added new meaning to the term "freeze frame" by photographing actual snowflakes. Because fallen snowflakes start to melt and lose their shape in mere minutes, Libbrecht quickly transferred the snowflakes from cardboard to a glass slide using a paintbrush. He then snapped the photos inside a temperature-regulated enclosure using a digital camera attached to a high-resolution microscope.
Pretty cool, huh?
Jamie at 2:59 PM
