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Rare Natural Snowballs Cover Siberian Beach
UPI ^ | Nov. 7

Posted on 11/07/2016 2:50:34 PM PST by nickcarraway

Residents of a Siberian town documented their encounter with a rare phenomenon -- hundreds of naturally formed snowballs covering a beach.

The snowballs, ranging from about the size of a tennis ball to nearly 3 feet across, were created by wind and water rolling tiny pieces of ice into balls in the Gulf of Ob, in the Arctic Circle village of Nyda.

Residents said they have never seen anything like the snowballs in the gulf.

"As a rule, first there is a primary natural phenomenon -- sludge ice, slob ice. Then comes a combination of the effects of the wind, the lay of the coastline, and the temperature and wind conditions," said Sergei Lisenkov, press secretary of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute. "It can be such an original combination that it results in the formation of balls like these."

A similar sighting was caught on camera in December of 2015 in Maine's Sebago Lake.


TOPICS: Local News; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: beaches; russia; snowball
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1 posted on 11/07/2016 2:50:34 PM PST by nickcarraway
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Aren’t they cute!


2 posted on 11/07/2016 2:52:39 PM PST by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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Dippin’ Dots!.................


3 posted on 11/07/2016 2:52:52 PM PST by Red Badger
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4 posted on 11/07/2016 2:53:50 PM PST by nickcarraway (.)
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"It can be such an original combination that it results in the formation of balls like these."

That or it's aliens.

I'm going with the aliens as the simpler, more believable explanation.

5 posted on 11/07/2016 2:56:28 PM PST by NorthMountain (Hillary Clinton: Such a nasty woman ...)
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6 posted on 11/07/2016 2:57:25 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: nickcarraway

Lemmings coming home.


7 posted on 11/07/2016 3:02:59 PM PST by fruser1
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I'm going with the aliens as the simpler, more believable explanation.

Ah, so Siberia is where old, hairless Tribbles go to die?

8 posted on 11/07/2016 3:04:19 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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none of this will affect global warming\climate change statistics.

Siberian weather station monitoring has been shut down for awhile.

Imagine - Siberia accounts for 77% of Russia’s land area and 27% of Russia’s population(Russia spans 11 time zones), but counts for nothing when it comes to weather monitoring.


9 posted on 11/07/2016 3:08:29 PM PST by stylin19a (obama = Fredo smart)
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That takes some real balls uhhh snowballs to post pics like that. ;-)


10 posted on 11/07/2016 3:13:00 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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I thought everybody knew that ...


11 posted on 11/07/2016 3:16:01 PM PST by NorthMountain (Hillary Clinton: Such a nasty woman ...)
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To: nickcarraway

A cool 80 degrees here in Tucson today. Sorry ‘bout that Ruskies.


12 posted on 11/07/2016 3:23:09 PM PST by Don Corleone (Oil the gun, eat the cannolis, take it to the mattress.)
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If there was ever proof available that Putin has hacked Clinton’s e-mails, this is it.

/s


13 posted on 11/07/2016 3:24:23 PM PST by PGR88
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Average daily temp in that neck of the woods is around -20 this time of year. The cute snowballs aren’t worth it.


14 posted on 11/07/2016 3:31:37 PM PST by colorado tanker
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http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/12/30/snowball-waves-maine-sebago-lake/


15 posted on 11/07/2016 3:37:58 PM PST by Western Phil
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Snowrollers


16 posted on 11/07/2016 3:42:30 PM PST by Daffynition (*Donald Trump represents the WILL of the PEOPLE.*~ Don King 09.24.16)
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Damn it's cold! ;)


17 posted on 11/07/2016 3:46:47 PM PST by Daffynition (*Donald Trump represents the WILL of the PEOPLE.*~ Don King 09.24.16)
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They're rolling themselves into snowmen!
18 posted on 11/07/2016 3:47:34 PM PST by PLMerite (Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen.)
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slob ice

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Never heard of that one. I wonder if it’s supposed to be “slab ice”.


19 posted on 11/07/2016 3:50:35 PM PST by Bigg Red (Go away, Satan! -- Fr.Jacques Hamel (R.I.P., martyr))
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It must be aliens


20 posted on 11/07/2016 3:51:34 PM PST by Daffynition (*Donald Trump represents the WILL of the PEOPLE.*~ Don King 09.24.16)
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