Mega-cold

Just gone seven, ten minutes before sunrise. Inside, it's 14.3°C, outside it's -21.3°C. 

Below: a male pheasant (bażant, Phasianus colchicus) in my back garden.

Two walks today; I went out for the first once the temperature had risen above -10C, and was back home at two. Before setting off for my second walk, I cleaned my lens filter and put it back on the lens in the kitchen. But once out in the cold, the warm air between the inner surface of the filter and the front element of the lens condensed. Interesting effect!

Below: twenty minutes later, the condensed vapour had frozen.

Below: change the filter! I reach my destination, the crossroads between Machcin and Dąbrowa Duża on the road from Jakubowizna

Selfie taken in the traffic mirror on the crossroads.

Below: the sun set today at 16:25, an hour later than the year's earliest.

As soon as the sun had gone done, the temperature plummeted. Overnight, the minimum is forecast to -23°C. And that will be the last of the mega-cold for this winter. I hope!

This time last year:
Up and down with the weather

This time seven years ago:
Justify the buy – Nikkor 10-20mm zoom lens

This time 13 years ago:
The Big Melt

This time 16 years ago:
Waiting for the meltdown

This time 18 years ago:
Warsaw's inadequate airport