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yourfriendinspirit
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posted January 25, 2008 02:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for yourfriendinspirit     Edit/Delete Message
The temperature in Harbin reaches forty below zero, both Fahrenheit and centigrade, and stays below freezing nearly half the year. The city is actually further north than notoriously cold Vladivostok , Russia , just 300 miles away. So what does one do here every winter? Hold an outdoor festival, of course! Rather than suffer the cold, the residents of Harbin celebrate it, with an annual festival of snow and ice sculptures and competitions.


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Azalaksh
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posted January 25, 2008 02:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Azalaksh     Edit/Delete Message
I love the lighted ice sculptures!!
(some local ones here: http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/009401.html )

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Xena
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posted January 25, 2008 02:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Xena     Edit/Delete Message
Incredible!!

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yourfriendinspirit
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posted January 25, 2008 02:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for yourfriendinspirit     Edit/Delete Message
Wow, Zala Those are fabulous!
I'm sorry I missed that thread

Seems we are amused by the same winter art


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Azalaksh
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posted January 25, 2008 02:43 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Azalaksh     Edit/Delete Message
Indeed!!
Our Winter Carnival Starts tomorrow -- if we go, I'll take some pics

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posted January 25, 2008 03:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for AcousticGod     Edit/Delete Message
Spectacular! I would so love to go enjoy that! ...or even participate in that if I could!

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Solane Star
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posted January 25, 2008 03:51 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Solane Star     Edit/Delete Message
" It sure does Rock " !!!

Thanks MyFriendInSpirit!!!

Love It!!!

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yourfriendinspirit
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posted January 25, 2008 05:11 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for yourfriendinspirit     Edit/Delete Message
I really, really wanna' try out that slide!
WHEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!

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Happy Dragon
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posted January 25, 2008 09:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Happy Dragon     Edit/Delete Message
~ http://www.yamasa.org/japan/english/destinations/hokkaido/snow_festival.html ~

can't seem to link direct to the pics .. here's one from the above link ..
~ http://www.yamasa.org/japan/english/destinations/hokkaido/sapporo_odori_4_600.html ~

the thread pics .. got me thinking what it would be like to drop some acid .. then walk around the show ..
i.e. if i were still in my .. er .. late teens or early twenties .. ;-))))

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posted January 25, 2008 09:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Happy Dragon     Edit/Delete Message
~ http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/images/winter/img-winterlude1.html ~

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posted January 25, 2008 09:37 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Solane Star     Edit/Delete Message
HD!!! Nice One!!!

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Happy Dragon
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posted January 25, 2008 09:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Happy Dragon     Edit/Delete Message
nice one in here of a fireman and angel ..
~ http://growabrain.typepad.com/growabrain/ice_sculptures/index.html ~
and a rather yummy looking bowl of shrimp ..

another site .. sweden ..
~ http://www.ice-art.se/index.htm ~

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yourfriendinspirit
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posted January 25, 2008 10:14 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for yourfriendinspirit     Edit/Delete Message
Those are great Happy D


The site in Sweden even had a Ice Cinema



How cool is that!


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Mirandee
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posted January 25, 2008 10:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mirandee     Edit/Delete Message
Beautiful ice sculptures. The lighted ones are absolutely gorgeous. Some great talent there.

However, sitting my butt down for a ride down a chute of solid ice in 40 below temps is not really my idea of a fun evening.

Hard to believe that human beings can survive in those temps much less walk around in them looking at..what else?... ice.

Okay, I'm cold just thinking about it. It's going down to 10 degrees above zero here tonight and that is balmy compared to what it has been all week. Definitely balmy compared to 40 below zero.


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posted January 26, 2008 01:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Azalaksh     Edit/Delete Message
Love this one -- "ET phone home"

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posted January 26, 2008 01:54 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Node     Edit/Delete Message
The thought that has this comfort temperature- yet- able to bear much physical discomfort.. Taurus flabbergasted is the amount of time it takes to create these frozen works of art. Working for weeks like that. And the end result is not a bridge or a tunnel, something utilitarian. But art and amusement.
    That is just bloody amazing!
I have so much respect. Admiration

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posted January 26, 2008 02:51 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Happy Dragon     Edit/Delete Message
i'd like to see a huge bonfire image projected onto the ice-screen ..
hhhhhhmmmmm .. photoshop doodling time approacheth .. :-)

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posted January 26, 2008 11:38 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mirandee     Edit/Delete Message
LOL HD

Now that sounds warm and comfy.


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posted January 27, 2008 04:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Happy Dragon     Edit/Delete Message

here's the bonfire photo ..
~ http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_my_p_ed/0_my_photographs_edinburgh_-_new_year_bonfire_calton_hill_1zt12a.jpg ~
think i'll have a go at landing wallace 'n grommit on mars .. for 'man on mars' in UC .. ;-)

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posted January 27, 2008 04:33 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mirandee     Edit/Delete Message
Cool, HD

That should warm those people up while they sit there on those ice benches and snow watching the bonfire movie.

Not sure if it will warm their butts though.

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posted January 27, 2008 05:08 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pidaua     Edit/Delete Message
Gorgeous pics!

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