BBCNEWS Weather World January 2, 2022 16:32:00
Of a mountain. i'm here at the snow factory now, where the man—made snow is produced. mikey, you're head of engineering here at cairngorm mountain, so you're very much in charge of running this machine and producing the snow. talk me through, how does it work? it's an ammonia plant, pretty similar to some fridges and freezers. this cools an ice—maker. the ice—maker has water sprayed in a thin layer on the inside, which is then peeled off with a reamer and falls to a lower part where it's blown out through the pipe onto the slope. that's how it all works. shall we take a look at what it's...