The scene from overhead at 9:06 a.m., taken by the GOES-16 satellite.

This afternoon, Michael Campbell was in East Boston, watching the Amis Treasure come through Boston Harbor on its way to the Chelsea salt pile on Chelsea Creek with a fresh load of Chilean salt, picked up from the Punta Patache Terminal in Chile.

The "multispectral infrared" satellite view from above us at 11:06 p.m. From the GOES satellite.

Darren Buck looked outside this morning: Read more.

It'll take more than one day to melt all the ice that formed in our brief sub-zero blast. Along the Charles River in Millennium Park in West Roxbury, a one-time homage to leather from Mechanics Hall (bulldozed to make way for the Pru) remained encased in ice around 3:30 p.m. today.

The ice also snared some tree branches: Read more.

So far tonight, burst pipes caused by the sudden freeze have forced three hospitals to send patients elsewhere, left Wang Theatre patrons out in the cold, angrily yelling to be let back in, and flooded a floor at the Prudential Center mall. Read more.

The commuter-rail Twitter feed today is full of delay notices due to severe weather conditions, broken rails, signal issues and, of course, mechanical issues (and in some cases severe weather conditions AND mechanical issues). Read more.

Rob Orthman boiled up some water in Roslindale this morning and took it outside: Read more

WHDH's Jeremy Reiner has a couple of tips on how to make an insta-cloud with a cup or pot of hot water if it actually gets down to -10 F. on Saturday (that's -10 in actual temperature, none of this "real feel" windchill stuff), including:

Throw water out/up/away from you to avoid scalding (kids, let your parents do this trick)