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Threading Light Through the Opaque

Freshly fallen snow is blinding white because the jumble of flakes scatter light in all directions.

Such scattering also implies that little light passes through snow, so that if you're ever buried deep in it, you'll find yourself in the dark. But according to theoretical physicists, it should always be possible to fiddle with light waves to make them wend their way through such a disordered material, no matter how thick.