Watermelon Snow
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- Trail Ridge Road
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- Welcome to Rocky Mountain National Park
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- Recent Rocky Mountain News
It may be fun to throw snowballs in August along the Trail Ridge Road, but don't eat the "pink" snow. The color is caused by thriving communities of algae. The snow may look and even taste like watermelon, but it is actually a concentration of radioactive chemicals and has a laxative effect.
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