A strip of white defines the path of a deadly winter storm across New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Kansas in this satellite image from December 21, 2011.
Coloradans hoping for a white Christmas saw too much of a good thing in December 2006. Severe storms struck on December 20 and 21, December 28, and January 5, 2007.
Acquired November 17, 2009, this true-color image shows snow nearly covering the northeastern quadrant of Colorado and stretching into neighboring states.