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Kennie with the tea

I think I can help cheer people up better because I’ve been sad, not because I’m really happy. It’s never great when you’re sad, and I don’t romanticize it at all, but it’s kind of encouraging to me to know that some good can come out of my sadness. ;u;

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How’s this for a morning commute? Sunrise brings a wild flurry of activity to Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. In the winter, thousands of geese, cranes and ducks spend the night in the refuge’s waters to protect themselves from predators. Near dawn, they take off en masse in search of fields to feed in for the day. It’s a daily riot of wings and calls, movement and sound. But hopefully no fender-benders. Photo by Christal Steele (www.sharetheexperience.org).

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Let It Snow for Science

When the weather outside is frightful…

Science in the field gets even more delightful. Two different missions are in the field right now, studying snow and how it affects communities around the country.

From our Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, the IMPACTS mission is flying up and down the East Coast, investigating how snow forms inside clouds. In Grand Mesa, Colorado, SnowEx’s teams on the ground and in the air are taking a close look at how much water is stored in snow.

Hate going out in the storm? The IMPACTS mission can help with that! IMPACTS uses two planes – a P-3 Orion and an ER-2 – flying through and high above the clouds to study where intense bands of snowfall form. Better understanding where intense snow will fall can improve forecast models down the road — helping prepare communities for snowstorms.

Cameras mounted on the wings of the P3 took microscopic images of snowflakes, like this one.

At the same time, the SnowEx team is in Colorado, studying the depth and density of snow. Researchers are making radar spirals with snowmobiles and working in giant snow pits to measure things like snow water equivalent, or how much water is stored in snow.

SnowEx is helping us better understand snow’s role in ecosystems and human systems, like irrigation for agriculture. If you want to bring some corn for popping, SnowEx’s science can help grow that crop.

Follow along with our teams as they brave the cold and snow: https://twitter.com/nasaexpeditions

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