I love bright, snowy days. That’s when you’ll find me building snowmen, throwing snowballs and watching the sun sparkle on the freshly fallen snow. I asked my friend Von Walden why that sparkle ...

Afternoon sunlight sparkles on the Monterey Bay at the mouth of the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor as visitors to Twin Lakes State Beach enjoy the sunshine and one boat passes another entering and ...

Sunlight sparkles on the Monterey Bay and silhouettes an angler heading back to port after some time on the water on a recent afternoon.

The beautiful interplay of sun and snow in the winter landscape may provide researchers with answers to questions they've been curious about for many years. One might think that snow, of all things, ...