After a few cold nights, the New England ski industry is gearing up for one of it’s earliest seasons in history. The juxtaposition of white snow and the bright foliage looks incredible, but I’ve always found it crazy that ski resorts are able to make snow this early in the fall. I think that the development of snowmaking systems is an interesting example of how human technology allows us to manipulate nature for our own benefit. Here are a couple of photos (posted on Facebook this morning) from two ski resorts in Maine. They even had a coating of natural snow at higher elevations, last night.