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At sunrise, the sun is coming above the horizon and creates a beautiful mix of many different colors. There are many different reasons that these colors are so vibrant in Iowa specifically.

Animals, including dogs, change their bodies and lifestyles with the seasons and other situations in order to survive.

Sundogs are colored spots of light visible around the sun during cold temperatures.

A derecho is a widespread, long-lived wind storm that is associated with a band of rapidly moving showers or thunderstorms.

Understanding butterfly characteristics can tell us even more about these creatures and the environments they live in.

Weather forecasting can help us safely respond to severe winter weather.

Damage from weather is often visible in roads and blacktop.

Evidence of weathering and erosion is visible through rock cutouts, changes in the shape of the land and water bodies, and sometimes the damage left behind. 

Animals such as birds and squirrels build nests in trees and bushes outdoors.

Releasing carbon dioxide from a canister will cause the canister to feel colder, even causing frost to form when all of the gas is expelled rapidly.

Multiple animal tracks are visible in the fresh, morning snow. There appear to be three sets of tracks that seem to come close to the backyard of a house.

The same balloons can act differently in different settings.

The patterns of a swing in motion in various situations can be observed and measured.

This bobcat appears to be out hunting near a creek.

The trees were knocked down due to a tornado that went through the area.

The trees appeared white from snow, fog, temperatures or precipitation.

When conditions are right both inside and outside, condensation is visible on a window.

In Iowa, as summer changes to fall and winter, the sun sets earlier at night and rises later in the mornings.