Video Of The Week - Hawaii's Big Island A Winter Wonderland?
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Hawaii’s Big Island is known for many things — its rich culture, active volcanoes, black sand beaches, green rainforests, and of course year-round warm, humid, weather. This year, the sunny paradise can add snow to this impressive list. Since early December, almost three feet of snow has blanketed the over 13,000-feet high volcano peaks of the Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, and more is expected.

Local meteorologists say that though a rare sight now, snowcaps were once a fixture on these peaks. However, over the years, the increasingly warm weather has caused the ice caps to shrink. Those hoping for a White Christmas on the beach are in for a disappointment. That’s because even during the coldest of winters the lower altitudes only experience light ice, that melts almost instantly in the balmy weather.
Resources: Smithsonianmag.com, csmonitor.com
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- cr3757about 1 yearI wish it snow were I live
- volcanoesover 1 yearther is one in antarktica
- sivotovo-159786085860almost 2 yearsthats a lot of snow
- gfvdbjzbxabout 2 yearsAwesome😎
- pilotabot683about 2 yearsthat is cool
- coolkid77over 2 yearsflorida doesn't get snow :(
- aemakalmost 3 yearsI live there
- kitten22over 3 yearsI'm a New Yorker we get a lot of snow so i say let it snow!!!!!!
- hermioneginnyalmost 4 yearsSo interesting!
- unownabout 4 yearsI went to the snow ⛄