فلنحمد الله أننا لسنا في روسيا.

إذا ظننا أن الأمطار والغبار الذي جاء قبل أيام أمس أغلق الكثير من الطرق والشوارع










There is a car here, somewhere -






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":


Snow being cleared from the Trans-Labrador Highway in northeastern Canada :



Similar "snow walled-in" road situation, this time in Japan :



These pictures are from Italy :




To dig (this car out), or not to dig?
Most of the time the answer is: yes, you'll have to dig!
























Buses are encrusted in ice and snow in the Omaha , Nebraska suburb of Elkhorn , where a fire was being fought.



Archeological strata - cultural remains and natural sediments, buried over time...




Digging out a BMW E-series car in Canada :





The climate inside sometimes is not much better:




Some drivers fight back and make in their garage something entirely different:


(images via)


Bizarre and Terror-inducing Icicles

Here is an impressive ice formation - Hard Rime Ice, most often seen atop mountains in winter -










Might as well head out and frolic in the snow:






But if you want to catch a ski lift, you might be out of luck:







Somewhere in Switzerland :