2006-09-09 00:46:00 · 11 answers · asked by kaptain jack 1 in Environment
It doesn't disappear. It just gets 'water'ed down.
2006-09-09 00:56:43 · answer #1 · answered by SPLATT 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Snow is white because the photons reflected from the snow to your eyes is a combination of all the colors of the rainbow (like sunlight). Black of course is the absense of all colors. If you shined only red light on the snow it would appear only red. When the snow melts, the snow crystals (snowflakes?) can no longer reflect the light and the liquid water is now transparent. The photons now reaching your eye will depend on what is holding the melted snow. If almost all the photons are absorbed (by asphalt?) the melt will appear black. If the melt is in a red plastic pail it will appear red, etc. Good question.
2006-09-09 01:58:15 · answer #2 · answered by Kes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
White is soluble in water. look at salt and sugar - the two white, the two dissolve to offer a sparkling answer. Snow soften is a targeted answer of white in water. in case you get some sea water and warmth it till it boils dry, you will see a white residue - that's each and all the snow white from the glaciers and issues being left at the back of
2016-12-12 05:17:19 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean you snorted all your cocaine before the snow melted and now you are wondering what happened to it? Or are you referring to the fact that the wavelength of light reflected to your retina by crystalline ice (snowflakes) is visible as white light that would be reflected at a varying frequency should the ice crystals melt and the molecular configuration of the water molecules realign into liquid form, thereby rendering the water "clear" or "colorless" to human ocular perception?
2006-09-09 00:52:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Snow appeaars white, becuase the water molecules are bound very close to each other. When it melts and water flows, the molecules are losely bound and hence appear colourless.
2006-09-09 01:22:35 · answer #5 · answered by cooldude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water is transparent. Ice is made up of crystals that refract and reflect the light. The "white" is actually light bouncing around each individual crystal. When it melts, no crystal thus no reflection.
2006-09-09 00:56:54 · answer #6 · answered by jeepnuk 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no the white turns into transparent it dont disappear ok
2006-09-09 00:50:41 · answer #7 · answered by iftikhar a 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the white is refracted light, the energy which the light comes for is despersed in to its suronding area.
2006-09-09 00:54:04 · answer #8 · answered by tashton2000 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It gets absorbed by the moon and you can see the evidence when the moon is full.
2006-09-09 00:52:13 · answer #9 · answered by vzhnri 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the sun bleaches it out
2006-09-12 20:12:58 · answer #10 · answered by kevin d 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋