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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Time for brass bands and beer
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Staring down winter
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A yearly sign that spring has sprung
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A star blows a bubble
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A Welsh wonder turns 70
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Halloween
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‘Stepping’ into Black History Month
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Rosa Parks Day
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Blink and you ll miss it
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The Battle of the Bulge 75 years later
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The desert blooms
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Why do elephants hide in trees?
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Reflections on the mighty Amazon
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Mid-Autumn Festival
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Muniellos Nature Reserve
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Atrani, Amalfi Coast, Italy
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International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend
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Siblings Day
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Who created the Easter Bunny?
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Baltic Sea, Estonia
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Oktoberfest begins
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National Gardening Week
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Oh, the places you’ll go
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World Space Week begins
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The persistence of Perito Moreno
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St. James Tidal Pool, Cape Town, South Africa
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At the gates of the ksar
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Under Parisian skies
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Deep in the North Woods wetlands
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