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Snow Metamorphism (1976)

1976 · Short film · 7 min

Synopsis

Time-lapse micrographs taken at the Institute of Low Temperature Science, Sapporo, Japan, directly and vividly illustrate such phenomena as snow compaction under load, equitemperature (destructive) and temperature-gradient (constructive) metamorphism, sintering melt metamorphism and melt. Original film had faded- rudimentary color correction version has been included.

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7 minutes

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