Rare Snow Doughnut Spotted in Washington [pic]
 

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The North Cascades Highway was the scene of a rare sighting last week when Washington state maintenance crews found naturally-occurring snow doughnuts. The state's avalanche forecaster and control technician, Mike Stanford, said they are rare.

Stanford said "It's formed by a clump of snow falling off of a cliff or a tree into the snow pack. And if the conditions and temperature are just right, as gravity takes over, it pulls the snow down, and it rolls back on itself."

"Usually the center collapses and it creates what we call a pinwheel," he said, adding the one he saw last week was the largest one he's ever seen, with an 8" hole and 26" tall.

source: http://www.npr.org

avie wheels are crazay

I wonder how this moulded?

Fuck the planet and its consciousness! The god damn whore is trying to tempt us fat Americans with delicious donuts... she's in cahoots with Krispy Kreme, what a fucking BITCH!

you know, it's probably the cats idea

JESUS CHRIST! You are right? the fatter we get, the slower we get, and the easier we become for them to pick off! FUCKING CATS! :mad:

lol thats cool how does it make...? :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

mmmmmm..snow doughnut </homer>

I bet someone has made it a yellow snow doughnut by now...

I wonder how the center hole is created....??????

I also wondered how it was moulded and how the center hole was created, but then I read the post and it was all cleared up.

The story says it folds over onto itself.

Seems like it is sliding off of an edge, curls under, keeps sliding and then weight gives a tug which rolls it thus completing the doughnut shape and off down the hill it goes.

mmmm....donuts

at least that donut is fat free.....

i cant believe u just explained what was already explained.

Thanks for shareing.... Untill I read I thought someone made it, pretty cool that it happen natrually

That would be odd to see in the snow

that's awesome.

I think it slides off of an edge and THEN curls under... then it keeps sliding and gets rolled completely over into a doughnut shape, and then off down the hill it goes!

I think it looks fake.

hhhmmm yummy iced donuts eh....

thats amazing

shit, that's cool :thumbsup

that is pretty darn cool

if you've never tossed a snowball and started an avie wheel you haven't lived...

well, i guess thats better that the more familiar gfy quote:
"if u havent taken a cock in the ass, then u havent lived"

That's a NATURAL phenomenon? Humph! Maybe man didn't invent the wheel after all

I bet the cops there are real happy.

if you haven't taken a cock in the ass you haven't done life, i'm talking living it...

i have some crappy digital camera video of avalanche wheels from last ski season, if i find htem again i'll put em up. they get pretty big fast under the right conditions...

u might wanna youtube those

wow that is so cool, but i think its not good when it becomes so big...

I was just imagining a giant snowman in a cop's hat reaching for that thing

That picture is pretty cool,how did they did that ? I`m surprised the police haven`t ate it yet!

global warming ....