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Credit Mary Heers Back in October 2019, the ranger at the Great Salt Lake State Park began to notice a white mound forming on the sand flats behind the visitor center. The white mounds turned out to be hydrated sodium sulfate, known as mirabilite, which was being carried to the surface by the upwelling of a fresh water spring.  Since the 1940's geologists have known that in this area, 30 inches below the surface, there was a three to six-foot thick shelf of mirabilite. They knew about the freshwater springs. What was new was cold air. Since this stretch of sand was no longer underwater, the ...

Central Spain records temperatures of -25C after snowstorm Published image captionTemperatures in Avila, north-west of Madrid, remained low on Tuesday People in central Spain are struggling as a deep freeze follows the weekend's heavy snow, leading to treacherous conditions. Officials have warned the elderly to stay at home. At least seven people have died due to the weather - the two latest victims were homeless people in Barcelona. The temperature plunged to -25C (-13F) in Molina de Aragón and Teruel, in mountains east of Madrid - Spain's coldest night for at least 20 years. Deep snow left...

Filomena dumps heaviest snowfall in Madrid since 1971 January 9, 2021 Spain is known for sunshine, beaches and beautiful blue skies. Today Filomena changed this scene to 30 hour of snow fall. It’s a snowstorm Madrid hasn’t seen for 50 years. Madrid had to close the airport and Rail service was interrupted Spain has been hit by Filomena with so far 30 hours of snowfall and is the most intense snowstorm in the last 50 years. The city of Madrid is one of the worst-affected areas. The storm was announced days ago with international weather forecasts warning of a kind of snow bomb going down ...