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Windborne Dust on High Peaks Dampens Colorado River Runoff
Dust-on-snow: on spring winds, something wicked this way comes
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Twelve dust layers in a study plot in Colorado's Senator Beck Basin Study Area.
Credit: Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies
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See Landry and Painter's snow research in action in this video.
Credit: Lisa Raffensperger, National Science Foundation
"Zebra stripes" of dust and snow are visible on the snow surface in Colorado's mountains.
Credit: Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies
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Tom Painter tracking radiation in June 2007; in melting snow, dust comes to light.
Credit: Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies
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Chris Landry in June 2007, measuring "snow water equivalence" in a snowpit.
Credit: Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies
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Researcher Andrew Temple in Colorado's San Juan Mountains on May 12, 2009.
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Annie Bruyant and McKenzie Skiles collect snow samples in Wolf Creek Pass, Colo.
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