On hills, on frozen lakesall definition fadesbefore the rush of flakes until, bereft of light,the moon gives upher sovereign claim to white.
The bright sunlight was dappled under the flaking branches, extremes of light and shadow adding to the unreal, happy strangeness.
Freshly fallen snow is blinding white because the jumble of flakes scatter light in all directions.
Among the nearest the colours of the males had a lapidary trueness even in this light: hand-cut lozenges of silica and white marble at the rear, the polished sandstone of their heads, that flake of brightness on the forecrown.
The snow is falling, and the world is calm.The flakes are light, but they cool the worldAs they fall, and add to the calm of the house.It's Sunday afternoon.
Something about the quality of light, the red roof tiles, the juxtaposition of slightly unkempt plants (black-eyed Susans, hydrangeas, echevaria, hardy geraniums) and nobly flaking masonry reminded me of odd corners of Rome.
The high transparency of our samples is attributed to the graphene films being composed of many graphene flakes, which allowed light transmission from the tiny pits between flakes.
It started to snow and, lit up from below, these thick, thick flakes of snow looked just like the balloons.
As Mr. Wright's flakes of silver leaf on glass remind us, traditional photographs aren't just light; they're metallic, elemental.
They seasoned the water with asymmetrical flakes of mica coated with titanium dioxide, which aligned with the flow and reflected laser light more in some directions than others, letting the researchers image the flows.
