<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">I thought sunlight warmed the tree and melted the snow, but maybe we covered that. To bring it back closer to geysers: The tree wells around Mammoth Mountain, California, on the edge of the Long Valley Caldera, can be deadly because they fill up with CO2. Don't get stuck in one while skiing.<BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Craig Messerman</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:cmflyer@bresnan.net">cmflyer@bresnan.net</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Nov 12, 2005, at 9:13 PM, Frederick Kallien wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV><DIV>One possibility.............snow is generally not as deep under the tree canopy because some of the snow is intercepted by the branches. With the snow not as deep it will appear to melt away more quickly.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Fred Kallien</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title="mailto:jochapple@earthlink.net" href="mailto:jochapple@earthlink.net">Janet Chapple</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title="mailto:geysers@wwc.edu" href="mailto:geysers@wwc.edu">geysers@wwc.edu</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 11, 2005 8:47 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Geysers] Non-geyser query</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>In looking at the Webcam of OFG this morning, I was reminded of a <BR>question some of you may be able to answer.<BR><BR>What causes the snow to melt around the base of a tree before the <BR>surrounding snow melts? Maybe this is something we can explore during <BR>this low season.<BR><BR>Janet Chapple<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Geysers mailing list<BR><A title="mailto:Geysers@wwc.edu" href="mailto:Geysers@wwc.edu">Geysers@wwc.edu</A><BR><A title="https://mailman.wwc.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers" href="https://mailman.wwc.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers">https://mailmanwwc.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Geysers mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:Geysers@wwc.edu">Geysers@wwc.edu</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="https://mailman.wwc.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers">https://mailman.wwc.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</A></DIV> <BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>