Termination Dust is the first snows of the season. The snow starts to build up on the tops of mountains and gradually shifts down to the lower elevations like sugar. For Alaskans this means both good and bad things. It means the end of mosquitos and mobs of tourists, but also the end of long hours of daylight and the coming of winter darkness.

Seeing Termination Dust makes some people happy and others sad. It is very early this year.