Snow

Snow is crystalline ice that falls as precipitation.

Snowflakes

Main categories: Snow crystals and Snowflakes

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  Snowflakes on handrail
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  Snowflake captured by a microscope
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  Snowflake captured by a scanning electron microscope
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  Snow flakes
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  Koch snowflake
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  diagram

Snow scenery

Main category: Snow scenery

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  Goðafoss in Winter, Iceland.
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  An alpine center in Buskerud county, Norway
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  Dhaulagiri, the white mountain
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  Nuptse and Mount Everest
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  Eube, Rhön, Germany
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  Narvik, Norway
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  Narvik, Norway
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  Theodore Roosevelt National Park in Winter
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  Letzte Rosen im ersten Schnee
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  View from plane
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  Bielmonte, Biella (Italy)
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  Sierra Nevada in sparkling snow
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  Snow crystals
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  Colorado National Monument
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  Snow in Park Slope, Brooklyn
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  Snow in Neasden, London, February 2007
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  Iran 2020

Trees in snow

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  Lappeenranta, Finland
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  Snow-clad trees and power lines in Finland
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  Close photograph of snowflakes on a leaf in an early storm
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  Snow-covered tree in Prospect Park, Brooklyn
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  Snow-covered fir trees in Kuusamo, Finland
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  Snow covered trees on mount Brocken, Harz, German
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  Collina biellese (Biellese's Hills), laghetto ghiacciato in bosco innevato
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  Snow-clad trees in Colorado
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  On a tree
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  Sierra terrain in fresh powder
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  Snow packed trees
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  Branches and House covered in Snow, Prestatyn

Buildings in snow

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  Predappio, Italy
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  Katarina church, Stockholm
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  Zlatograd, Bulgaria
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  Josephsk. Reinfelden
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  Novo mesto Breg
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  Hoedhuette
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  Gorzów Wlkp., Poland
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  Macke, Bonn, 128 MB
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  Tieringen, Germany

People in snow

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  Goya painting: "The Snowstorm"
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  Priit Narusk, cross-country skiier
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Animals in snow

Main category: Animals in snow

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  Macaque monkeys avoid snow in a hot spring
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  Bluejay in Canada
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  Young wild boar in snow
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Transport in snow

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  Montreal,
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  Train stuck in deep snow
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  Bicycles in the snow
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  Wesselburen Dithmarschen, January 2004
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Snowing and snow storms

Main categories: Snow storms and Blizzards

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  Snow falling on the campus of the University of Graz, Austria
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  Snowflakes illuminated by flash in the Old Church Park in central Helsinki, Finland
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  Snow falling in a German city.
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  Snow flurry in Dresden.
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  School children enjoying the snow - Kerava, Finland
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Snow leisure, sports and threats

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  snowman
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  snowmaking
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  avalanche
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Snowmelt

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  Circular snowmelt
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  Fresh snow melting in the sun
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  Melting snow gives way to river
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  Gaylor Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, USA
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  Footprints in snow melt
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  valleys without snow in April, mountain shadows on glaciers, view.

Snow removal

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  snowplow
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  Manual snow removal
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Snow structures and art

Main categories: Winter in art, Snow art, and Snow in art

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Weather symbols

Main gallery: Weather symbol.

Main category: Snow symbols

Symbol	Number	English description	Deutsche Beschreibung
	22	Snow not falling as shower(s) ended in the past hour	Schneefall (nicht als Schauer) hat in der letzten Stunde aufgehört
	36	Slight or moderate drifting snow (generally below eye level)	leichtes oder mäßiges Schneefegen (unter Augenhöhe)
	37	Heavy drifting snow (generally below eye level)	starkes Schneefegen (unter Augenhöhe)
	38	Slight or moderate blowing snow (generally above eye level)	leichtes oder mäßiges Schneetreiben (über Augenhöhe)
	39	Heavy drifting snow (generally above eye level)	starkes Schneefegen (über Augenhöhe)
	70	Intermittent fall of snowflakes (slight at time of observation)	leichter Schneefall mit Unterbrechungen
	71	Continuous fall of snowflakes (slight at time of observation)	leichter Schneefall ohne Unterbrechungen
	72	Intermittent fall of snowflakes (moderate at time of observation)	mäßiger Schneefall mit Unterbrechungen
	73	Continuous fall of snowflakes (moderate at time of observation)	mäßiger Schneefall ohne Unterbrechungen
	74	Intermittent fall of snowflakes (heavy at time of observation)	starker Schneefall mit Unterbrechungen
	75	Continuous fall of snowflakes (heavy at time of observation)	starker Schneefall ohne Unterbrechungen
	76	Ice needles (with or without fog)	Eisnadeln, mit oder ohne Nebel
	77	Snow grains (with or without fog)	Schneegriesel, mit oder ohne Nebel
	78	Isolated star-like snow crystals (with or without fog)	einzelne Schneeflocken, mit oder ohne Nebel
	79	Ice pellets (sleet in US)	Eiskörner
	85	Snow shower(s), slight	leichter Schneeschauer
	86	Snow shower(s), moderate or heavy	mäßiger oder starker Schneeschauer

Mixture of rain and snow

Symbol	Number	English description	Deutsche Beschreibung
	23	Rain and snow or ice pellets not falling as shower(s) ended in the past hour	Schneeregen oder Eiskörner (nicht als Schauer) hat in der letzten Stunde aufgehört
	26	Shower(s) of snow, or of mixture of snow and rain ended in the past hour	Schnee- oder Schneeregenschauer hat in der letzten Stunde aufgehört
	68	Rain or drizzle and snow, slight	leichter Regen bzw. Sprühregen mit Schneeanteilen vermischt
	69	Rain or drizzle and snow, moderate or heavy	mäßiger oder starker Regen bzw. Sprühregen mit Schneeanteilen vermischt
	83	Shower(s) of mixture of snow and rain, slight	leichter Schneeregenschauer
	84	Shower(s) of mixture of snow and rain, moderate or heavy	mäßiger oder starker Schneeregenschauer

Weather forecasts symbols

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  snow storms

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