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Dec 19, 2010Snow: Beauty and the Beast
It is nothing more than frozen water, but when it falls from the skies it turns our world upside down. Landscapes get a makeover, a childish grin appears on grown up faces and the infrastructure breaks down. Snow. We love it and we hate it. We love playing in it with our kids. Love throwing snowballs at work colleagues. Love sledding down hills. love skiiing down slopes. And love the atmosphere it brings to everything it touches. But we hate it for shutting down our airports. For making the trains not run. For making the roads not fit to drive on. For breaking our limbs. For turning into dirty mush when it melts. Snow is both beautiful and beastly at the same time. If you have taken some nice snowy snaps ands you'd like them to appear in this TotalyCoolPix gallery, please use our contact form and send us the images, your name and where they were taken. Images need to be at least 990px wide.
04. A magpie stands near the snow-covered banks of the Miljacka river in Sarajevo December 11, 2010. Snow and icy weather has blanketed large parts of Europe, disrupting air, road and train travel. REUTERS/Danilo Krstanovic
05. Stray dogs sit in the snow with the air temperature at about minus 35 degrees Celsius (-31 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk December 11, 2010. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin
06. Stray dogs sit in the snow, near a heating pipeline, with the air temperature at about minus 35 degrees Celsius (-31 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk December 11, 2010. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin
09. Snow covers the Minnesota Vikings football field after 17 inches of snowfall cause a tear in the teflon roof of the Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, December 12, 2010. REUTERS/Eric Miller
10. A man shovels out a car next to a van that caught fire after 17 inches of snow fell in Minneapolis, December 12, 2010. REUTERS/Eric Miller
11. A man digs out his car after a snow plow pushes snow up against it after 17 inches of snow fell in Minneapolis, December 12, 2010. REUTERS/Eric Miller
15. Snow covered bicycles are seen next to the underground station Munich Perlach in Munich December 15, 2010. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle
16. Japanese Macaques (or Snow Monkeys) soak in a hot spring in Hakodate on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido December 15, 2010. REUTERS/Kyodo
19. Jackdaws sit in the snow as Mount Matterhorn (4478m/14687ft) is pictured behind, near the Swiss mountain resort of Zermatt December 14, 2010. Picture taken on December 14, 2010. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
21. A traffic jam is pictured on a snow covered motorway in Duesseldorf December 16, 2010. Heavy snowfalls over over the past hours caused serious traffic jams and numerous minor accidents all over Germany on Thursday. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender
22. Cars are caught in a traffic jam on a snow covered motorway in Leverkusen December 16, 2010. Heavy snowfall has caused serious traffic jams and numerous minor traffic accidents all over Germany on Thursday. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender
24. The village of Hochfelden in the Alsacian countryside is seen after snow fell on North-Eastern France, December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
25. A crucifix is seen near snow covered vineyards in the Alsacian countryside near Dahlenheim after snow fell on North-Eastern France, December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
26. A worker walks past a plane parked on the snow covered tarmac of Zurich airport in Kloten after the region was hit by strong snow falls, December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
27. People walk across a snow covered street in Berlin, December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz
28. Workers use a blower to remove snow from the tarmac of Zurich airport in Kloten after the region was hit by strong snow falls, December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
29. Trees are covered with snow at City Park in Budapest December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
31. Workers remove snow from a platform at a train station in Allaman, between Lausanne and Geneva, after the region was hit by strong snow falls, December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Valentin Flauraud
33. A man dressed as an ancient Roman Centurion takes a picture during a falling snow in front of Colosseum, in Rome December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
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