Snowy Wyoming seen from space

At the end of 2022, the United States is largely covered in snow. This image from the International Space Station shows Wyoming already covered in snow before the big storm swept through the entire Northeast, including New York.

In Wyoming, residents didn’t have to ask themselves the question, “Will there be snow at Christmas?” As early as December 17th, the state received good snowfall and cold weather, as evidenced by This image is from the International Space Station (ISS). The image shows the fully iced Boysen Reservoir, near the town of Shoshone (top right of the artificial lake), an area shadowed by the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017. The place, a high plateau area located at an elevation of about 1,400 metres, experiences very hot (but tolerable) conditions. in the summer and often snowy in the winter. In this photo, North is at the bottom and West is on the right.

This all-too-familiar scene seemed like a warning, because then, on December 21st, Strong winds laden with snow (blizzard) swept across the eastern half of the United States, including New York, exposing nearly 60% of the country’s population to extreme weather conditions. Western Canada was also affected by these accelerating polar winds.