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VIRGA

VIRGA

Virga is any form or precipitation that doesn’t reach the ground. There could be rain virga or snow virga. But in either case the precipitation evaporates so...
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Virga is any form or precipitation that doesn’t reach the ground. There could be rain virga or snow virga. But in either case the precipitation evaporates somewhere on the journey from clouds toward earth.
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NIKON D200

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Aperture f/8.0 ISO 200 Shutter 10/2000

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Jun, 2012

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excellent shot...looks like you were in the right place at the right time...

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