How nice to see dew on green blades of grass on a summer morning. Many photographers try to silently explain what dew is, painstakingly capturing drops of moisture on flowers, pearly cobwebs or sprawling leaves. There is a certain mystery and mystery in the dew; it is always associated with freshness, a new day, youth and purity.
What is dew and how is it formed?
Dewdrops are miniature drops of water that fall on plants, the soil during the cool, coming in the evening or in the morning. To understand the mechanism of formation of this phenomenon, it is necessary to recall three possible states of water, then it will become clear what dew is and how it appears.
When air is cooled, the process of condensation of
water vapor begins
, as a result of which it turns into liquid water. Such processes, as a rule, take place at night. After sunset ends, the earth rapidly cools, actively radiating heat. Especially abundant dew is observed in the tropics, where the air is rich in water vapor and the increased
thermal radiation at night helps its strong cooling.
Dew in different creeds
When asked about what dew is, in many traditions and teachings they point to a heavenly gift, pure and blessed. Often this natural phenomenon symbolizes spiritual rebirth, enlightenment, peace and innocence.
In China, on Mount Kun-Lun there is a "tree of sweet dew", in it they see a symbol of immortality. Buddhism tells the doctrine in which "Sweet dew", called amrita, is divine nectar, possessing the power of immortality and descending to earthly flowers from heaven itself.
Kabbalah sees dew as a kind of resurrection. According to their teachings, the Dew of Light evaporates from the Tree of Life and revives the dead.
In ancient times, dew was directly associated with Irida, the messenger and helper of the gods. Her clothes consisted of dew drops of all colors of the rainbow. It was also believed that dew was the tears of the goddess Eos.
In Christianity, dew drops symbolize the gift of the Holy Spirit, it helps to perk up “dried up souls,” as it were, gives them moisture, rebirth. Also often the word “dew” in the scriptures means the word of God.
In some cultures, girls wash their face with dew from a hawthorn bush, they believe that such a ritual prolongs youth, others wash their face just before dawn and make a wish.
ethnoscience
Previously, people often went out into the fields early in the morning or immediately after midnight and washed themselves with fresh dew. Blotted out bitter pieces of matter and wrapped them, believing that this will improve their body. Walking along the dew barefoot was also practiced, which stimulated sensitive points and nerve endings.
When in the old days the question was asked about what dew is and where it comes from, they answered, according to beliefs, that Nature herself sends healing moisture to a person.
Different properties are attributed to night and morning dew.
It is believed that in the morning life-giving
sun rays penetrate the dew and drops of moisture are charged with positive ions, which actively resist colds and inflammations. And evening dew is saturated with light reflected from the moon, these are negative electrons that resist
free radicals, strengthen nerves, take care of the heart and the health of the stomach.
Traditional medicine tips suggest wrapping your feet in cloth that has been moistened with dew. This method is used for rheumatism and problems of the genitourinary system. You can wrap your hands if you have problems with the heart or blood vessels. With vegetative-vascular dystonia, a head is tied.
Poets and writers about dew
The remarkable virtuoso of the word Afanasy Afanasevich Fet, who gloriously glorifies Nature in his poems, did not pass over the dew. V. Kudryavtseva also very vividly described this amazing natural phenomenon, asking in the last lines of her work “... what if diamonds come from dew?”. Both Yesenin and Balmont, and many many poets and writers repeated it in their own way what dew is, trying to describe tiny sparkling water droplets as brightly and mysteriously as possible.
The great writer Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, who wrote whole volumes of serious and soulful literature, once wrote a short description of dew. The story, or rather, just a few sentences, is called "What is the dew on the grass."
He very subtly, almost fabulously managed to express all the magic of a sunny morning, on which someone’s bare feet cheerfully tread. "... diamonds are visible in the grass," Lev Nikolaevich writes, comparing a drop of water with the most precious stone in the world. Glancing through these lines with his eyes, the reader is involuntarily surprised at the atmosphere created by the writer, the way he skillfully described the leaflet, which “... is fluffy and fluffy like velvet inside,” and how nevertheless, without any unnecessary pathos, the dew became a heroine, albeit small, but works. The final sentence conveys Tolstoy's vision of what dew is: "... this dewdrop is tastier than any drink ...".