Tag: cold
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Students In Finland Continue To Ride Bicycles To School At -17°C (1.4°F) Temperatures And It’s A Lesson In Commuting
The words “polar vortex” have been spoken and written about a great deal in recent weeks. Yes, it is damn cold in some parts of America, but spare a thought for this Finnish town that is living proof that the cold doesn’t stop you from doing things. In fact, winter cycling at below freezing is…
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Artist Creates Comics About Winter Problems That Almost Everyone Will Relate To
While our friends in the Southern Hemisphere are starting to heat up as temperatures rise for Summer, our Northern Hemisphere friends are starting to feel the cold. Yes, it’s starting to get chilly on the willy in places like New York, Chicago, London and Rome. To celebrate Winter, we’ve compiled a list of hilariously relatable…
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Astrobiologist Tries Cooking In -94ºF (-70ºC) Temperatures At Antarctica, And The Result Is Just As You Expected
Cyprien Verseux is a glaciologist and astrobiologist, currently working on the most remote scientific base in the world: Concordia Station in Antarctica. Even the International Space Station, 400km above the Earth, is closer to civilization than this place, deep in the icy wastes of our most isolated and inhospitable continent. When not busy collecting samples and…
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The Nearly Frozen Slurpee Waves of Nantucket
The record-setting winter of 2015 has left a lot of America with all kinds of remarkable images, most of them of snow and ice. But a photographer in Nantucket, Massachusetts, found something most of us have never seen – nearly frozen waves. Jonathan Nimerfroh was walking along a beach on the island recently when he saw…
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Spectacularly Artistic Ice And Snow Formations
Ice can be damaging or deadly, but it can also inadvertently create some of the most beautiful and fascinating winter sights. The formation of ice is subject to a million different variables, and the tiniest change in humidity, temperature or wind speed can create wildly different results. Ice is beautiful, but it can also be…
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Breathtaking Photos of Matterhorn From All Hours of the Day
On the border of Switzerland and Italy lies Matterhorn (aka Monte Cervino), Europe’s 14,692-foot-high mountain. With one of the highest peaks of the iconic Swiss Alps, Matterhorn is an attraction for both climbers and photographers. Since the 19th century, many people have approached the mountain as a personal challenge, making it their mission to climb…
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Beautiful Photos of Frozen Lighthouses on Lake Michigan
With the winter chill in high gear in the Northern Hemisphere, photographer Thomas Zakowski has captured some beautiful images of frozen lighthouses to reflect just how cold temperatures can get. The photographer’s spectacular shots reveal a lesser seen vision of lighthouses on Lake Michigan, each having been hit with waves of water that have succumb…
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This Is What Happens When You Blow Soap Bubbles at -12 degrees
With the Northern Hemisphere freezing and the Southern Hemisphere melting, we thought we’d post a weather-related art blog today. When the weather dropped to -12°C last week, Washington-based photographer Angela Kelly decided to take an advantage of it in one truly creative way. Together with her 7-year-old son, Kelly combined the home-based remedies – dish…