{"id":428,"date":"2006-12-31T05:26:54","date_gmt":"2006-12-31T10:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/12\/31\/frost-smoke\/"},"modified":"2011-08-11T00:10:48","modified_gmt":"2011-08-11T04:10:48","slug":"frost-smoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/12\/31\/frost-smoke\/","title":{"rendered":"Frost Smoke"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p> Q: Have you ever experienced a &#8220;pogonip,&#8221; a.k.a. &#8220;frost smoke&#8221; and &#8220;white death?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3290981241\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>A: It&#8217;s tiny ice crystals suspended near the ground as a mist or fog, says Randy Cerveny in &#8220;Freaks of the Storm.&#8221; When warm air from a valley rises up into a cold wind blowing lengthwise, a freezing fog can descend and cover everything with minute frost crystals. A five-day pogonip &#8211; the term coined by Native Americans of Nevada &#8211; in January 1892 deposited a coating of ice 2 inches thick on trees, buildings, cattle and people! &#8220;I personally saw one in Antarctica in 1987. It appeared as a bright line of frosty white on the horizon and trekked across the flat ice sheet for several hours before reaching our camp. We were encased in a white featureless tomb.&#8221;<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<!--CusAds--><p>Observers in Greenland dubbed it &#8220;frost smoke,&#8221; noting it could cause blisters on the face or hands. Some Native Americans believed the &#8220;white death&#8221; could rupture the lungs. 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