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Residents of the village of Nyda on the Yamal Peninsula in Western Siberia faced with a mysterious natural phenomenon. On the shore of the bay Gulf of Ob formed a huge number of large balls from dense snow. Ice blocks have a diameter of thirty to fifty centimeters. Some locals suggest that the cause of the anomaly lies in heavy snowfall, behind which followed by a thaw and an unexpected storm.
It is believed that during a recent snowfall a lot of rainfall, and formed along the coast of the bay shapeless snow blocks. Then it got warmer and they melted. IN at the same time the surf began, and the cold waves began to run in ice masses, turning them into perfect shapes balls of different sizes. At least this opinion is shared by Valery Togo – Head of Housing and Social Development Nyda, and his colleagues.
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Snow balls can be seen on the coastline. lasting more than eighteen kilometers. Even old-timers villages claim that they had never seen anything like it before. However, not all residents of Nyda believe that ice blocks formed naturally. Some individuals claim that the tricks of spirits, aliens or various mythical creatures from the folklore of the northern peoples.
It is noteworthy that similar balls were found in 2014 in St. Petersburg, on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. Their diameter however, did not exceed nine centimeters. And in 2013, similar the phenomenon was observed on the shore of an American freshwater lake Michigan. There, the mass of some of these balls reached thirty-five kilograms. On Michigan, spherical lumps appear approximately once in a decade, attracting the attention of a few winter tourists.
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