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profdant139
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Nov 19, 2015

Question for you snow experts: are rainbow sparkles common?

We just got back from a week of snow camping in the Sequoias, and we came across something we'd never seen before in 50 years of snow sports -- snow that sparkled in all the colors of the rainbow. He...
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2lazy4U
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Nov 19, 2015
I've seen this many many times in Colorado. It's a function of the sun's angle and lack of humidity. It's not unusual at all, esp. when it's really cold (very low humidity).

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