The blue light is the product of a long travel path through the snow or ice.

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Gooding, who recently returned to Springfield, Missouri, from Swaziland, says he has not seen snow in a long time.

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The roads are quieter and orchards lay silent again, waiting for the first blanket of snow and the long hibernation of Himalayan winter.

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Though rare, heart attacks that occur while shoveling snow have a long-standing place in medical lore -- much like heart attacks that occur during sex.

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