On Feb 4, 6:54*pm, Ignoramus32184 ignoramus32...@NOSPAM.
32184.invalid wrote:
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My own thinking is that the ice reflects the sky. For some reason the
sky is bluer in Russia, or maybe I was younger.

i-

It seems a deeper blue here in NH when we get a cold blast from
Canada, like this morning. Less dust in winter?

jsw