Close up shot of the feather-shaped edges of a rime-coated tree at Zao - stock video

Close up shot of the feather-shaped edges of a rime-coated tree at Zao (The rime-coated trees are nicknamed "snow monsters"); Moon visible in the background in the blue sky; The peculiar weather conditions at Zao lead to the trees there being covered in rime or a coating of ice, It forms when super-chilled water droplets (which can remain unfrozen at temperatures below 0º C) and snow bearing in constantly from a single direction freeze onto the leaves and branches, The other factors are the light, powdery snow (which has a low moisture content) and the strong winds constantly buffeting Zao, All of these conditions combine to produce this odd phenomenon, The trees wholly blanketed in snow are nicknamed "snow monsters".