The Heitkotter/Miller barn at Site 49 on a wintry day.
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Dripping icicles hang from almost every window of Wilson Hall.
While the snow is powdery today, this weekend the weather is predicted to warm up. This should create good packing snow, which will be perfect for building a snowman! Join in the fun and compete for prizes in the following categories: Best snowman Most scientific snowman Best with snowman Best traditional snowman Best snowman that captures the spirit of Fermilab Most creative snowman Visit https://get-connected.fnal.gov/snowman to enter your creation into the Snowman Building Competition Email Jessica Jensen with any questions.
The lab was closed in Feb. 2011 after a snow storm.
A view from the new location of the Fermilab Library, on the 15th floor of Wilson Hall.
If you are from the midwest in the U.S, you are familiar with “good packing snow.” Good packing snow is wet and heavy and ideal for building snowmen and snow forts. We had good packing snow at the beginning of last week’s storm, but then the temperature dropped and the snow became dry and powdery. We had a few good hours before it all melted on Sunday, and some were able to get out and make their snow creations, but…
Do you want to build a snowman? It doesn’t have to be a snow “man”- a snow creation may be a better way to put it! Visit https://get-connected.fnal.gov/snowman to enter your creation into the snowman building competition to compete for: Best snowman Most scientific snowman Best with snowman Best traditional snowman Best snowman that captures the spirit of Fermilab Most creative snowman Email Jessica Jensen with any questions.
Trees coated with white “frosting” in January 2021.
This mink was well dressed in winter fur back in 2009.
A single line of coyote tracks over snow and ice on A.E. Sea Lake.