Why is snow white?

Who doesn’t love a good snow day? Snowball fights! Sledding! Making snow-people! The powdery white stuff is like nature’s amusement park. But why 

it white? Why not pink or blue or tangerine? We asked atmospheric scientist Deanna Hence to help us find the answer. 

Who doesn’t love a good snow day? Snowball fights! Sledding! Making snow-people! The powdery white stuff is like nature’s amusement park. But why is it white? Why not pink or blue or tangerine? We asked atmospheric scientist Deanna Hence to help us find the answer. 
Got a question that’s snow tricky? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll shovel out the answer.  

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