Holiday Snowflakes In Uzhgorod

Amidst our ministry activities we like to share scenery, cultural experiences, and other things of interest here in Ukraine. It has been very cold here in Ukraine, the kind of weather where the clouds are dark enough to seem to be desperate to spew out their load. But the extreme cold seems to make it even difficult to snow. But yesterday it did spit some light snow most of the day and we were very amazed upon inspection to what type it was. On our window ledge it looked like we had been visited by hundreds of microscopic, intricate, white starfish! Upon magnification we discovered more of the amazing beauty of God's creation. Okay, we realize you folk from Alabama, Georgia, and Florida are not too amazed at something so cold and are reaching for the coats and sweaters as you get a chill from just thinking SNOW! But looking at the photo below you must admit the beauty God has created in even something so cold. The photo was taken with the contrasting background of our black truck. The flakes themselves are about the size of a small pinhead. The photo was magnified to a point of clarity and resaved in the form you see. Here you can see a dozen or so, but other places thousands of the little, frozen visitors gathered.