Giant snowballs appear on Russian beach in Siberia

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A strange and beautiful sight greeted locals in the Gulf of Ob,
in northwest Siberia, after thousands of natural snowballs formed
on the beach. An 11-mile (18km) stretch of coast was covered in
the icy spheres. The sculptural shapes range from the size of a
tennis ball to almost 1m (3ft) across. They result from a rare
environmental process where small pieces of ice form, are rolled
by wind and water, and end up as giant snowballs.

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A snow roller is a rare meteorological phenomenon in which
large snowballs are formed naturally as chunks of snow are blown
along the ground by wind, picking up material along the way,
in much the same way that the large snowballs used in snowmen
are made. They can be as small as a tennis ball, but they can also
be bigger than a car.

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Winter may seem to offer nothing but chills and spills, but rare
and special natural phenomena like Snow Rollers provide those lucky
enough to witness them an undoubtedly warm thrill. Let’s roll!

If you've got' snowballs , head to Siberia !

Snowball fight!!!

a reply to: radarloveguy

Frosty is amassing his army.

That is so awesome. Wow. I love autumn, and winter. I love snow. Thank you for sharing.

Now that's interesting.

2nd

That is really unusual. Thanks for the thread.

Dinosaur eggs.

originally posted by: PorteurDeMort
Snowball fight!!!

Strongarm tactics required ... !

Looks cold.
Looks like if you got stranded there you would get hypothermia and die.

Looks like a bad place.

a reply to: Phage

Yeah.
It's Siberia.

a reply to: radarloveguy

awesome photo and new info for me. thanks for posting

originally posted by: radarloveguy

originally posted by: PorteurDeMort
Snowball fight!!!

Strongarm tactics required ... !

In Soviet Russia, snowball fights you.

originally posted by: Phage
Looks cold.
Looks like if you got stranded there you would get hypothermia and die.

Looks like a bad place.

Certainly cold enough to freeze the nads from a brass monkey !
The locals look warm and friendly tho'

a reply to: Phage

Looks like a bad place.

It's because it's in Russia...you know...the evil country. Siberia = Putin...therefore...

a reply to: radarloveguy

Snowball fighters destination vacation! Very cool, thanks for sharing!

I wouldend be surpriced if one of the lunatic's in the pentagon makes an warning of the devellopment of a new russian weapon to destroy the western city's by gigantic snowballs.....ofcourse remote controlled by mr.Putin..

Egad! I never thought that I lived in an area as cold as Siberria! Don't know about 2015, but in 2010, this vid was taken right off our shores of Lake Michigan. Brrr. Maybe we will get to see them again this winter!

That's some big balls.

Who the hell left the car door open?

I live on Lake Michigan they are nothing 0ut of the ordinary just most people don't get to see the strange stuff the lake does.