Video Of The Week - Giant Snowballs Delight Locals In Siberia
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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- ZachFriday, September 21, 2018 at 1:50 pmit must be fun to have a snow ball fight with those
- nbayounggirlThursday, February 1, 2018 at 12:30 pmlit
nb240594Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 5:40 amjust think of the snowball fights
dkammula5697Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 5:30 amyeah I know right
- lolThursday, October 5, 2017 at 7:35 ami love snow ball fights
- meMonday, October 2, 2017 at 6:58 amSNOWBALL FIGHT
- ThethinkerMonday, August 28, 2017 at 7:34 amThats actually awesome. I love it 😂😂
smile101Friday, May 26, 2017 at 1:08 pmThat's crazy. OMG. LOL!!!!!!😮😮😮😮😮🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😃😃- kateSunday, May 21, 2017 at 4:01 pmI want to see that someday
booperdooper78Friday, May 5, 2017 at 9:34 amCool!
iamtherealthingSunday, April 23, 2017 at 6:49 am😕😐cool?- nb240594Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 5:41 amcool!