[chottala.com] Russia, The World Capital of Snow

 

إذا ظننا أن الأمطار والغبار الذي جاء قبل أيام أغلق الكثير من الطرق والشوارع ، فلنحمد الله أننا لسنا في روسيا.      Norilsk, Russia, The World Capital of Snow Vicious winter blizzards in Norislk, Siberia , bring an inordinate - even obscene - amount of snow... There is a car here, somewhere Norilsk climate is impressive not only in winter - here is a brooding storm over the city, spring 2009: (image credit: Alexander Grishin) Norilsk citizen's pasttime (and a popular extreme sport) - they call it "Buildering": Snow being cleared from the Trans-Labrador Highway in northeastern Canada : Similar "snow walled-in" road situation, this time in Japan : These pictures are from Italy : To dig (this car out), or not to dig? Most of the time the answer is: yes, you'll have to dig! Buses are encrusted in ice and snow in the Omaha , Nebraska suburb of Elkhorn , where a fire was being fought. Archeological strata - cultural remains and natural sediments, buried over time... Digging out a BMW E-series car in Canada : The climate inside sometimes is not much better: Some drivers fight back and make in their garage something entirely different: (images via) Bizarre and Terror-inducing Icicles Here is an impressive ice formation - Hard Rime Ice, most often seen atop mountains in winter - Might as well head out and frolic in the snow: But if you want to catch a ski lift, you might be out of luck:     Somewhere in Switzerland :

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