Snowed under in the most epic way (somewhere in Switzerland):
(original unknown)Huge vintage snow fall (would like to get some info):
Norilsk, Russia, The World Capital of SnowVicious winter blizzards in Norislk, Siberia, bring an inordinate - even obscene - amount of snow...
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(images via)There is a car here, somewhere -
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(images via)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":
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Snow being cleared from the Trans-Labrador Highway in northeastern Canada:
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Similar "snow walled-in" road situation, this time in Japan:
(images credit: SnowJapan)SnowMageddon... or SnowPocalypse? These pictures are from Italy:
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(images via) To dig (this car out), or not to dig?Most of the time the answer is: yes, you'll have to dig...
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"Buses are encrusted in ice and snow in the Omaha, Nebraska suburb of Elkhorn, where a fire was being put out" -
(photo by AP Photo/Nati Harnik - via)Archeological strata - cultural remains and natural sediments, buried over time...
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Digging out a BMW E-series car in Canada:
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(original unknown)The climate inside sometimes is not much better:
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