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2018 Eugene, Oregon Snow As A Weather Event
Snow in its various forms as it fell over Eugene, Oregon.
2018 Amtrak Snow 2018 Spring Snow 2018 Winter Snow
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2018 Amtrak Snow, In Southern Oregon, As A Weather Event

Snow affects such human activities as transportation: creating the need for keeping roadways, wings, and windows clear; agriculture: providing water to crops and safeguarding livestock; sports such as skiing, snowboarding, and snowmachine travel; and warfare. Snow affects ecosystems, as well, by providing an insulating layer during winter under which plants and animals are able to survive the cold.[from wikipedia]

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2018 Spring Snow, In Eugene, Oregon, As A Weather Event

Snowflakes nucleate around particles in the atmosphere by attracting supercooled water droplets, which freeze in hexagonal-shaped crystals. Snowflakes take on a variety of shapes, basic among these are platelets, needles, columns and rime. As snow accumulates into a snowpack, it may blow into drifts. Over time, accumulated snow metamorphoses, by sintering, sublimation and freeze-thaw.[from wikipedia]

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2018 Winter Snow, In Eugene, Oregon, As A Weather Event

Snow affects such human activities as transportation: creating the need for keeping roadways, wings, and windows clear; agriculture: providing water to crops and safeguarding livestock; sports such as skiing, snowboarding, and snowmachine travel; and warfare. Snow affects ecosystems, as well, by providing an insulating layer during winter under which plants and animals are able to survive the cold.[from wikipedia]


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