A tourist poses for photos at Shika Snow Mountain in Shangri-La, Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Yunnan province, on Feb 24, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] ...

But few places are as intriguing as the world’s second largest continent’s highest mountain, which is a snow-capped volcano ... followed by a rocky alpine desert with extreme temperature ...

Footage from the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab shows a wintry scene at their lab in Soda Springs. Up to 10 inches of snow was forecast for the northern Sierra, with wind gusts up to 50 mph ...