Snow Hydrology (SNOW/AVALANCHES) with Dr. Ned Bair
It's tiny! It's beautiful! It's cold! It can kill you. Snow and avalanche expert Dr. Ned Bair meets up on a bench during a layover to chat about the beauty of snowflakes, the best ammo for snowball fights, firing cannons at mountainsides, avalanche flam-flam, the dangers of snow patrolling, a lifesaving goat-antelope, the best and worst ski movies and a mentor that changed his life. Also: bomb cyclones and some tips on excavating your car. Or just staying inside.
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Sound editing by Steven Ray Morris & Jarret Sleeper
Theme song by Nick Thorburn
Some links which may be of use:
A Mammoth memorial, ten years after
Stone memorial at Mammoth’s Summit
Let’s aim ..cannons at the slopes?
TV tropes of avalanche triggers
Some fumarole information for you
And a video of a volcanic vent
Kenneth Libbrecht knows his damn crystals
Because you probs wanna learn more about radiative transfer
Types of snowflakes WARNING THEY ARE PRETTY
Words for snow, there are many: