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Editorial illustration showing a cross-section of the atmosphere with thin layers of warm and freezing air, turning a snowflake into a raindrop, then into an ice pellet

WEATHER SCIENCE

Why Is Wintry Mix Hard to Predict?

wintry mixweather

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Close-up of fresh white snow on a tree branch against a blue sky

Nature & Physics

Why Is Snow White?

Snow is white because millions of tiny ice crystals scatter all wavelengths of light equally in every direction. Your eyes receive the full spectrum at once, which looks white.

snowlight

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