Collection time: 1250UTC

Weather: T:-37 C, RH: 73%, wind: 11 knots at 102Sky conditions: FEW-SCT with diamond dust transitioning to SN, vis dropping, DRSN starting

Where collected: 5m west of MSF, in wind lee of MSF

Description: Shimizu needles, some bullet rosettes, prisms

Other comments: This is a clump of surface hoar; this hoar is visible in lee of MSF, gathering in clumps due west of MSF, also visible accumulated on bamboo, Feng tree, man-made surfaces around camp and in lee pockets on the snow surface. Actively being destroyed by increasing winds.