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U.K. researcher Andrew Gray geotags snow algae blooms on Anchorage Island, Antarctica.

In Antarctica, It's Not Easy Being Green

Yet vegetation persists there. And as the first large-scale algae map reveals, "green snow" acts as a carbon sink.

Luna Shyr June 1, 2020

The avalanche-prone Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada.

The Birth of Avalanche Forecasting in North America

In 1910, the deadliest snowslides in U.S. and Canadian history occurred just days apart.

Justin Franz March 20, 2020

Don't eat it!

Antarctica's Pretty Pink Snow Is Brought to You By Algae and Penguin Poop

“One animal’s waste is another animal’s banquet.”

Jessica Leigh Hester February 28, 2020

The World Invitational Skijoring Championship is a Whitefish institution.

Winter Fun, From Skijoring to Backyard Skating, Is Feeling the Heat of Climate Change

The impact is not just economic, but cultural and recreational, too.

Justin Franz February 5, 2020

Rogue Routes: The Road to the Ice Castles

Explore the winter wonders that New England has to offer.

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The patchwork shows expanses of snow, interspersed with fields of corn that are toughing out the winter weather.

Endless Fields of Unharvested Corn, As Seen From Space

North Dakota's corn fields will spend the winter under a snowy blanket.

Jessica Leigh Hester December 11, 2019

Font Romeu, France — Above the tree line just east of Andorra, the River Tet has its headwaters in many small streams that eventually converge. One June day, a fierce storm stalled over this area, dropping so much hail that it remained until the next day, and accumulated as though it were snowfall. The line at the bottom of this image represents a fence—a grazing boundary that had an effect on the hail's presentation.

See What the Pyrenees Look Like From an Antique Airplane

The mountain range offers a wealth of gorgeous, unexpected textures.

Garrett Fisher November 18, 2019

Coal depot in the Kemerovo Oblast.

Why 3 Cities in Siberia Are Covered in Black Snow

The toxic flurries are a product of Russia's coal pits.

Jonathan Carey February 19, 2019

The Salmon River in North Fork, Idaho.

13 of the World's Most Magical Winter Wonderlands

Atlas Obscura readers weigh in on which places look best covered in snow.

Eric Grundhauser January 29, 2019

The ice bridge was formed from shards dozens of feet thick.

A Century Ago, 3 People Met Their Deaths Gawking at the Frozen Niagara Falls

Stay off the ice bridge.

Jessica Leigh Hester January 22, 2019

Brooklyn under the snows of 2016.

What's Your Favorite Place on Earth to See Covered in Snow?

Tell us about the world's best winter wonderlands.

Eric Grundhauser January 17, 2019

Train workers free the trapped chamois.

Watch Austrian Train Workers Leap to the Rescue of a Snowed-In Goat

After their wave of plowed snow stopped it in its tracks.

Noor Al-Samarrai January 11, 2019

The Raunchy, Comical, Political Snowman Invasion of 1511

How a frozen festival helped Brussels survive the "Winter of Death."

Bob Eckstein December 13, 2018

Stockholm, Sweden

Solar Egg

A golden egg-shaped sauna in the Arctic tundra.

When water and wind carve a path throw deep banks of snow, the effect is otherworldly.

What Is a Snow Tunnel?

Up in the Scottish Highlands, you can stand inside two seasons at once.

Jessica Leigh Hester April 23, 2018

A thaw circle.

The Strange Magic of Forest Thaw Circles

As snow melts, a mysterious pattern appears around tree trunks.

Sarah Laskow April 3, 2018

Snowflake

Watch a Single Snowflake Melt

A 3D model shows how snow transforms into water.

Sarah Laskow March 30, 2018

Snow rollers in Colorado in 1994.

What Are Snow Rollers?

Understanding a rare phenomenon.

Sarah Laskow February 15, 2018