Snowmaking
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Snowmaking is the production of snow by forcing water and pressurized air through a "snow gun", also known as a "snow cannon". Snowmaking is mainly used at ski resorts to supplement natural snow. This
Snow gun in operation at Camelback Mountain Resort in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, United States
Pump house and air plant combination
Rear view of snow cannon at Mölltaler Gletscher, Austria, showing the powerful fan
A snow making machine at Smiggin Holes, New South Wales, Australia
Ukichiro Nakaya
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Ukichiro Nakaya was a Japanese physicist and science essayist known for his work in glaciology and low-temperature sciences. He is credited with making the first artificial snowflakes.
Snowmaking
…is an energy-intense process, and has environmental impacts, both of which inherently limit its use. The first artificial snowflake was created by Ukichiro Nakaya in 1936, three years after his first attempt. Americans Art Hunt, Dave Richey, and Wayne Pierce invented the snow cannon in 1950, but secured a patent…
Nakaya in 1946
Nakaya Ukichiro Museum of Snow and Ice (the hexagonal building, echoing the six-sided nature of snowflakes), at Katayamazu hot springs, Kaga, Ishikawa, Japan