Glossary:Diamond dust

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[edit] Diamond dust

A form of precipitation common in the Arctic and Antarctica where water droplets in warm air above the ground mix with cold air near the surface and freezes. These microscopic crystals of ice from in mid air in cloudless skies near ground level.


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