Little by little, snow and ice transform the landscape in Jamie Scott’s film “Winter.” From individual snowflakes to entire forest vistas, the timelapses showcase how winter remakes every surface in Keep reading
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Snow-Covered Trees
In the Hakkōda Mountains of Japan, snow encases the trees, transforming the ski slopes into a hoodoo-filled winter wonderland. Photographer Sho Shibata captured these images while journeying through the area Keep reading
“Elements”
Photographer Mikko Lagerstedt specializes in Nordic landscapes, like the windswept snow seen here. I love the way he’s captured the snow that gets picked up and blown by the wind. Keep reading
Slab Avalanche Physics
Slab avalanches like the one shown here begin after weak, porous layers of snow get buried by fresher, more cohesive snow layers. On a steep slope, the weight of the Keep reading
Beijing 2022: Why Are Ice and Snow Slippery?
Although every Olympic winter sport relies on the slippery nature of snow and ice, exactly why those substances are so slippery has been an enduring mystery. Michael Faraday hypothesized in the nineteenth century that Keep reading
Snowflake Still-Life
To take these high-resolution images of individual snowflakes, Nathan Myhrvold and his collaborators built a special camera. Their apparatus keeps the snowflakes chilled despite the strong illumination cast on them. Keep reading
Snowflake Velocimetry
In our era of remote learning, students don’t always have a chance to do hands-on lab experiments in the usual fashion. But that doesn’t mean they can’t explore important flow Keep reading
Inside Avalanches
Avalanches have traditionally been difficult to model and predict because of their complex nature. In the case of a slab avalanche, the sort often triggered by a lone skier or Keep reading
Icy Penitentes
At high, dry altitudes, fields of snow transform into rows of narrow, blade-like formations as tall as 2 meters. Known as penitentes – due to their similarity to kneeling worshipers Keep reading
Snowmelt
Much of the rain that falls on Earth began as snow high in the atmosphere. As it falls through warmer layers of air, the snowflakes melt and form water droplets. Keep reading