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2007-10-21 11:30:58 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
the white is only an illusion
it was never really there
O_O
2007-10-21 11:33:11 · answer #1 · answered by blackcat3556 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I am aware, the white 'colour' is caused by the refraction of light through the snow crystals. When the snow melts into water at a higher temperature, the 'colour' is lost as water is a clear liquid.
2007-10-21 11:38:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The white is actually a reflection of the clouds, and when it melts, the area of the former snow becomes so small that it can no longer reflect the color of the clouds. On a clear day, it is still reflecting the clouds, only a few states over.
2007-10-21 11:34:28 · answer #3 · answered by Bob Thompson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only reason why snowflakes look white is because ice has veins of white running through it. Even seen it in an ice cube? The white just becomes clear and melts with the ice.
2007-10-21 11:33:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The white goes but if yellow snow melts the yellow doesn't go! euhhh!
2007-10-21 11:41:26 · answer #5 · answered by nettyone2003 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The white is the solid color in the snow and it melts away with the snow.!!
2007-10-21 11:33:11 · answer #6 · answered by Awesomely Me! 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that rather than being 'colour' per se, it is lack of colour. As water is transparent when it freezes it just becomes opaque when cold and so looks white. When it melts, the water sinks into the ground and we don't see it. If it coated the surface of the ground in a sheen then it would be like a layer of glass.
I think when water freezes, the structure of the atoms is fixed into shape rather than being free and, being in a different arrangement, this accounts for the opacity.
2007-10-21 11:39:36 · answer #7 · answered by Flaze 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the snow melts into water and is due to the reflection of the sun
2007-10-21 12:04:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The white stuff you see is ice (in a complicated way) and it just melts away into clear water.
2007-10-25 08:34:00 · answer #9 · answered by Virginia15 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. I've never understood why snow isn't blue. Water is not colourless. It may look like that in a glass but in large quantities it's blue. Look at the sea or in a swimming pool. It's blue. So, if you get lots of snow why isn't it blue?
2007-10-21 11:44:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The colour white is not a solid substance; therefore it disappears with the snow.
2007-10-21 11:59:43 · answer #11 · answered by Gerald M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋