Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Hail at Pace


Jenny and I are home with a legitimate excuse today. Parts of Canberra were exposed to a thunderstorm last night that produced torrential rain and a volley of massive hailstones. The university campus is closed today while assessment and some repair of the damage, incurred yesterday evening, is undertaken. We prolonged the life of a couple of the hail stones cryogenically and they were photographed this morning. Notice the interesting ice crystal "shards" that project from the stone on the right?

1 comment:

angewalsh said...

Wow Pinks! That's some crazy hail! Paula sent through photos of the white landscape too. Hope nothing at your place was damaged!