As temperatures rise in the early days of spring, visitors can enjoy the spectacular scenery of delicate rime formations ...

I had to point out that we have not really had snow all winter; what they were calling snow is really something known as rime ice. Rime ice? Wait, wait! Is this a Lowenfels nerd column about what ...

The rime ice formations stretch out in the direction the wind was blowing from. Once water vapor hits the trees, it becomes supercooled and crystallizes. Some call them shrimp tails because their ...

A photo shows the landscape of the indoor rime ice laboratory at the Jilin Beishan Four Seasons Cross-country Ski Park in Jilin city, Jilin province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] As ...