Video Of The Week - Giant Snowballs Delight Locals In Siberia
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Imagine going to the beach and finding thousands of perfectly shaped snowballs scattered around. That is exactly what the lucky residents of Nyda in Siberia’s Yamal Peninsula have encountered since late October.
The snowballs that cover an 11-mile stretch of the beach range from the size of a tennis ball to almost 3ft across, or about as big as a basketball. According to the village administrator, the balls were created after water from the Gulf of Orb rose up onto the land and covered the sandy beach. The area’s freezing temperatures caused it to partially turn to ice.
As the rest of the water retreated, the ice chunks rolled over in the moist sand and with a little help from the wind and temperature, created a beautiful winter wonderland of snowballs. The residents of Glen Harbor in Michigan experienced a similar phenomenon in 2014, except in their case, the snowballs were as big as boulders!
Resources: bbc.co.uk, dailymail.co.uk
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deafgirlhistory11 monthsLOL! My family would be better to watch out because I`ll throw one at maybe my funny older sister!!
yourpuppylover111 monthsImagine having one in your room so when your siblings are annoying you you can just throw it at them lol
techfashion031511 monthsUgh! I feel your pain. I used to share a room with my sister. (Luckily, since my family moved, we have separate rooms, but we still share a bathroom!)
adroit_avimimus11 monthsWatch out siblings! If I get my hands on these, you won't be safe anywhere mwahahaha!- techfashion031511 monthsManiacal laugh!! 😼
- techfashion031511 monthsLOL! My sister better watch out!
summer_beach11 monthsLOL!
mattchienover 1 yeardude it'll be COOL if I get my hands on some of THESE!
unikittybaconalmost 2 yearsSO BIG!
cr3757about 1 yearI know right
kurzabout 2 yearsI wanna throw one!!!
soccer2255almost 3 yearsWHAT SO BIG!- catsover 3 yearswow
- Cute puppyover 3 yearsSoooo big
- rip xxxover 3 yearstbh the only reason I saw this is because of 6th-grade finals soo lol. and think about it how did they even like form. but anyways lol imagine pleting one of those at someone.
- xxxover 3 yearssnowball fights bro