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Hyacynth
Hyacynth asked in Science & MathematicsWeather · 1 decade ago

What makes snow white?

We all know snow is white. But, why? What makes it go from white when it is in the form of snow, then clear when it melts into water?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    The answer lies in snow's jumbled construction. Molecules of water freeze together to form the ice crystals that make snow flakes, and then the snow flakes are chaotically thrown together. A beam of white sunlight entering a snow bank is so quickly scattered by the myriad ice crystals and air pockets that most of it comes zinging right back out. No one wavelength is preferentially absorbed or reflected, so snow is essentially the color of the sunlight reflecting off it - white.

  • DaveSFV
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Simple answer. Because it reflects the entire visible spectrum of light.

  • I ♥ The Beatles
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    I am not exactly sure either, but here are a couple sites to find out more if you want:

    http://www.ask.com/

    http://www.howstuffworks.com/question524.htm

    Source(s): http://www.ask.com/ http://www.howstuffworks.com/question524.htm
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