“Where does the white go when the snow melts?”
“Where does (all) the white go when the snow melts?” is a popular question that is asked every spring.
“Where does all the white go when the snow melts?” was printed in the Waukesha (WI) Freeman on April 26, 1975. Where does the white go when the snow melts? is the title of a 1982 book. “Where does all the white go when the snow melts?” was posted on the newsgroup austin.general on August 8, 1996.
Newspapers.com
26 April 1975, Waukesha (WI) Freeman, Freetime sec. pg. 4, col. 1:
“Where does all the white go when the snow melts?”
(Several people are asked to answer this question.—ed.)
OCLC WorldCat record
Where does the white go when the snow melts?
Authors:
Mike Campion,
Kathy Campion,
Keith Neely
Summary:Andrew asks his question of everyone he meets, including the librarian and the minister, until he finds an answer that satisfies him
Print Book, English, ©1982
Publisher: Moody Press, Chicago, ©1982
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riddles
csu-cs!bentson
Dec 23, 1982, 3:34:14 PM
Q. Where does the white go when the snow melts?
(asked of a friend of mine by a 6 year old)
sdccsu3!ix222
Dec 24, 1982, 12:21:55 AM
Q: Where does the white go when the snow melts?
A: It goes where the resulting pool of water comes from.
(answers are easy when you have the mind of a six-year-old)
—steve serocki
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Fun with physics
John Wolford
May 28, 1994, 1:16:14 PM
(...)
> 3) Where does the white go when the snow melts?
If by white you mean the rays of light that strike the snow, they don’t go
anywhere, it’s just that different rays of light are absorbed. If by white you
mean the quality of the snow that causes the light to be reflected in a way thatmakes it appear white, it is destroyed when the snow melts.
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Answers to Pete’s email questions
Phil Plasma
Sep 7, 1994, 3:22:01 PM
(...)
> Where does the white go when the snow melts?
The white in snow, once it melts, is still there. The only
trouble is, there is no snow within which it can be seen.
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Rick Shank
Aug 8, 1996, 3:00:00 AM
(...)
>Besides, where does all the white go when the snow melts ?
>
Finally, a question *I* can answer. The white goes into the clouds silly. ;^)
Rick
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Overheard little kid, talking to mom: “where does the white go when the snow melts?”.
9:03 AM · Dec 16, 2008
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Allen Petrowich
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Where does the white go when the snow melts? My favorite question from youth encounter! #321improve #YE2013
5:49 PM · Dec 29, 2013
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dRomeo02—March 24, 2017
Where does the white go when snow melts?
The white in snow is the result of light reflected off frozen water molecules. The snow isn’t really white, it only appears white. When the snow melts, the crystals change form and become liquid.
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