Miracle of nature— "penitent snow"

    




The term "Penitent snow" (it. Büßerschnee)was proposed by artist and climber Rudolf Recration during expeditions to Chimborazo and Cotopaxi. Recruiter, not only described, but depicted is a real phenomenon.



  

Calasparra or "penitent snow"— an amazing education in the form of inclined needles or pyramids. Height reaches up to 6 meters and from a distance resembles the silhouettes of penitent friars.





"The penitent monks" formed during successive podavani and the water freezing in low temperatures and solar activity. Studies of this unique natural phenomenon are conducted by scientists, but the final mechanism of origin of the huge crystals and their growth is not yet clear.





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