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Snow squares

These photographs were taken mid-morning after a light fall of crisp snow in the night. The temperature had not risen much above 0 °C. I have always assumed that the circles form because the concrete slabs conduct heat differentially from the open gaps between them. But what causes the centres to melt?

Neil Howlett, Frome, Somerset, UK

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