| Ok, I just can't get over this picture. I've got to give the Frankfort, NY snow removal crew a big congratulations for managing to keep our roads open when winter decides to get ugly. This is a really big snow plow! And you can see how much snow it is trying to move. I shot this picture one cold winter day as the plow returned down the road in front of our house. I bet its first gear never gets it over 5 mph. But this is not the end of the story. When this plow can't do its job, they bring in the blower. The blower fits on the front of a construction vehicle, and it has 2 or 3 rotating screws one on top of the other. It just eats snow banks and blasts them up in the air. And then the road is clear... Check out the new "Patterns" section which has a collection of pictures showing how nature arranges itself in many different ways. Click (here) to start looking at the pictures. Want to see just the new astronomy pictures. Click this Link and begin the tour | 
