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24 October 2025 / Anchorage Daily News / Ned Rozell
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An extended fall reveals the existence of hair ice in Interior Alaska

Fairbanks, Alaska, United States

Photos from Fairbanks show delicate “hair ice” forming on dead wood during an extended snow-free cold spell. Researchers link the phenomenon to the fungus Exidiopsis effusa, which enables hairlike ice strands to grow in humid, slightly subfreezing conditions.


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