Amtrak Meets a Snow-Covered Track: Nick Colvin’s Slow-Motion Film
The train arrives—and the snow arrives with it. Nick Colvin’s slow-motion film turns a wintry platform scene into a curling white wave, wit...
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Snow Photography & Winter Landscapes
Explore snow photography and stories from winter landscapes around the world. Browse snowy scenes and unusual moments, then continue into collections on winter weather, powder snow, ice formations and creative snow art.
Snow on the Sahara’s Edge: Karim Bouchetata’s Aïn Séfra Photographs
Orange dunes striped with white snow are a wonderful double take. In December 2016, photographer Karim Bouchetata captured that contrast ne...
How an Igloo Slows Heat Loss: Snow, Air and Shelter
A shelter made of snow seems an unlikely place to warm up. Yet an igloo works because snow is much more than frozen water: it also contains...
The Brooklyn Snow Shelter Listed on Airbnb During the 2016 Blizzard
Some people saw the January 2016 blizzard as a lot of shovelling. Patrick M. Horton and his Brooklyn roommates saw a property listing. Thei...
Feeding Community Cats in a Snowy Istanbul Neighbourhood
The cats appear one after another along a narrow route through the snow. A woman carries food between the white banks, and the scene fills ...
Casey Neistat’s Snowboarding New York Film: A City Transformed by a Blizzard
New York’s streets rarely look like a ski film. In January 2016, a major snowstorm supplied a white backdrop, and Casey Neistat turned it i...
Laura Wagemakers’s Snowy Alps: Ski-Day Landscape Photography
The first thing to notice in Laura Wagemakers’s Alps photographs is how much blue there is in the snow. Sunlit slopes appear almost white, ...
Janitor’s Revenge: The Winding Snow Path That Became a Visual Joke
The route is clear. It is just wonderfully indirect. In the clip circulated as Janitor’s Revenge , a narrow path snakes across an open area...
A Slow-Moving Avalanche in Valais: Why Pace Does Not Describe Its Force
There is no need for a towering powder cloud to make an avalanche formidable. In Christian Mermoud’s footage from Mayens-de-Saxon, in Switz...