Abstract
THE reticulated rippling shadow of the mist described in Mr. Fawcett's letter (NATURE, January 5, p. 224) reminds me of a somewhat parallel phenomenon seen by me a few years ago. I saw a snow-storm some miles away crossing the valley between the Mendips and the Quantocks. It hung like a long, heavy curtain partially obscuring the bright western sky. The light shining through the shower showed a fairly regular pattern. On a reddish-brown ground the darker, because denser, parts of the shower took the form indicated roughly by the accompanying diagram. Was the snow falling in spiral streams, and would a similar explanation apply to the shadow of the mist seen by Mr. Fawcett?
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