Into The Frosty Air

Steam rising several hundred feet into the sky from the Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo, Iowa
on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 is suddenly caught and directed horizontally from a strong northwest wind. With surface air temperatures at -3 degrees F, this created -23 F wind chills. This image, looking northwest, was captured at 3:55 PM CST from the grounds at Echo Hill Presbyterian Church north of Marion, Iowa. The DAEC is Iowa's only nuclear power plant. Distance to the plant from this location was 7.6 miles.