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Why are hails white?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

It's because the ice crystals in snow and hail are not aligned, and therefore they refract light in all directions. Individual ice crystals are translucent, but when clumped into snow flakes or hailstones (which also have air trapped in them), you get a structure that appears white.

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13y ago

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