7 wonderful frozen spider webs [Photos]

Hoar frost forms on cold, clear nights when heat rises into the atmosphere, causing exposed objects near the ground to grow colder than the surrounding air.

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Catie Leary

Tue, Jan 29 2013 at 11:33 AM

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