These snowkiters are competing at a tournament in Novosibirsk, Russia. Like kiteboarding on liquid water, the sport of snowkiting uses a parachute-like foil kite, which catches the wind and pulls the boarder along a frozen, snowy landscape. The sport wasn’t invented here in Siberia, but when January sends the mercury plunging, the freezing temperatures create ideal conditions for the sport.
Sailing across the ice
Today in History
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And they’re off!
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National Gardening Week
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Islands that turned the tide
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Przewalskis horses, Hustai National Park, Mongolia
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