It’s time for some fluffy eye candy.

This has, so far, been a strange winter. There has been far less snowfall than last winter, but it has been much colder. Black ice has been a recurring problem for residents of the Piedmont this month.

However, on January 28th we were treated to a rare view. Well, it’s rare for this area. The Blue Ridge Mountains had white caps, which generally only occur when there has been a lot of cold weather for a long period of time. Without this, sufficient snow and ice doesn’t have time to accumulate, even at the higher elevations. This winter has certainly provided a lot of cold air. My friends in the northeast are probably wishing for less cold air at this point.

I haven’t seen whitecaps since visiting the White Mountains of New Hampshire during winter, almost twenty years ago.

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Both photos were taken from my workplace, around noon on January 28, 2015.

Coordinates (of viewer): 38°44′28″N 77°97′38″W