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Lightspeed: A Marvelous Method for Measuring Mountain Snow

This post first appeared on the NASA Earth Expeditions blog and was written by Dan McGrath and Randall Bonnell, Colorado State University The word lightspeed conjures different images for different people. Star Wars fans may connect lightspeed to the Millennium Falcon, while radar scientists may think of the velocity of electromagnetic energy. Radio waves, a form of electromagnetic energy, travel [โ€ฆ]

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