Brain Post: 8 Facts About Summer Solstice June 21st, 2023, is the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, and the official start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. This means that the start of winter is only six months away, December 21st, 2023, and daylight today is 5h28m longer than then. Ski season is even closer, as it usually starts in November. Of course, in […] Brains SnowBrains | June 20, 2023 2 Comments
What Would it be Like to Ski The Moon? Disclaimer: I am not a physicist, nor anywhere close to it. I have a fun imagination. Today we’re going to send a line down Mons Huygens in the Montes Apenninus Mountain Range. Standing at 18,046 feet, it’s the tallest mountain on Earth’s Moon. If you thought a ski pass today is expensive, try to get to the Moon, you’re definitely […] Brains Luke Guilford | March 6, 2023 0 Comments
Unusual Meteor Creates Loud Boom, Rattling Utah and Idaho View this post on Instagram A post shared by Snowbasin Resort (@snowbasinresort) A loud boom heard in Northern Utah and Southern Idaho on Saturday morning has been confirmed as a meteor by the National Weather Service (NWS). The boom was so loud it shook homes and alarmed many in the surrounding area. The webcam at Snowbasin Resort caught […] Industry News Brent Thomas | August 15, 2022 0 Comments
The Top 10 Biggest Mountains in the Milky Way If you have ever considered climbing Mount Everest, which has a peak elevation of nearly 30,000 feet, then you may as well have Rheasilviaย on your bucket list as well.ย Mountains are some of the most beautiful features here on Planet Earth, but other parts of the Milky Way galaxy also have some notable peaks. These are the tallest peaks known to […] Brains Jesse | July 27, 2022 0 Comments
NASA: Birds Eye View of Breckenridge Ski Area, CO, From the International Space Station This post first appeared on the NASA Earth Observatory website Looking down from space, the human presence is starkly apparent in how we light our cities, transport our manufactured products, and grow our food. Even the way we play is visible from hundreds of miles above. On May 1, 2021, an astronaut on board the International Space Station shot this […] SnowBrains | May 17, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: NASA Astronauts Share Their Favorite Images of Earth From Space [arve url="https://youtu.be/PXBH5p7NDEE"] SnowBrains | March 19, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Scientists Are Following a Rare Metallic Asteroid Worth $10,000,000,000,000,000,000 Scientists have spotted an extremely rare metallic asteroid floating between Mars and Jupiter and have placed its value as $10,000,000,000,000,000,000, or more than the entire global economy. The asteroid, known as 16 Psyche, is 230-million miles away and is roughly 140-miles across – roughly the size of Massachusetts. Related: Friday 13th, 2029 โ The Day a Huge Asteroid Dubbed โGod […] SnowBrains | November 6, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Picturing Earth – Astronaut Photography in Focus [arve url="https://youtu.be/1TtdOVbWjXo"] SnowBrains | October 21, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments