I am a silent painter who decorates your windowpane with icy fern patterns overnight without using a brush, only to vanish when the sun warms the air. Who am I?
Frost
Frost creates intricate feather-like ice patterns on glass during cold winter nights, which sublimate or melt when temperatures rise.
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