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Orange Snow falls in Russia (With Pics)

englishrussia.com — Yesterday a strange phenomena happened in Omsk region Russia. Pretty vast territory of Omsk region was covered with a snow that had an unusual color. It was orange. Now we have a few photos, mainly screenshots from Russian TV channels. There is still no one exact explanation about the origin of orange color of this snow.

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  • nixonrichard, on 10/12/2007, -17/+262In Soviet Russia, snow pisses on you!
  • fober, on 10/12/2007, -0/+203Publicity stunt for Absolut Mandarin vodka.

    Good thing this wasn't Boston.
  • sus3k, on 10/12/2007, -3/+201Don't eat orange snow
  • SpaceDreamer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+184Officials say it's not toxic, but they have no idea what it actually is ...
    how convincing.
  • arunforce, on 10/12/2007, -7/+114What?! NO SOVIET RUSSIA JOKES? What has digg come to?
  • drewhenson, on 10/12/2007, -4/+103its probably just pollution.
  • SickFinga, on 10/12/2007, -1/+91Just saw Russian news. They said it was a result of a sandstorm from Kazakhstan.
  • flamingmb, on 10/12/2007, -2/+63@ nagoogle

    could your comment make any less sense? its just a ***** of words.
  • TheWorm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+57Radiation Snow!!!! Run!!
  • D4r7h3v1l, on 10/12/2007, -9/+60Ummm... "A strange phenomena"?

    That's like saying "A brown dogs."

    Singular: phenomenon
    Plural: phenomena

    It's analogous to criterion and criteria.
  • drjekelmrhyde, on 10/12/2007, -0/+51Global Oranging
  • zachgc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+49@H3LLSL337

    Like... in the article?
  • SteveRogers, on 10/12/2007, -1/+44Apple probably patented the color white. Even Mother Nature fears legal reprisal!
  • Arramol, on 10/12/2007, -0/+38nagoogle's post makes perfect sense. I'll translate for those who don't speak drunken Yoda:
    "On the contrary, the first thing the guys on Reddit advised was to taste it."
  • bbrosemer, on 10/12/2007, -3/+37Do we let this mellow or do we flush it down...?
    Im so confused...
  • Nomad83, on 10/12/2007, -3/+36Anyone know what color Polonium is?
  • Ratking, on 10/12/2007, -2/+32In Soviet Russia, climate changes YOU
  • H3LLSL337, on 10/12/2007, -2/+30Possibly, I've lost so many brain cells lately from eating the snow.
  • EonZ, on 10/12/2007, -0/+25Tang!
  • nicepants, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21It's orange, not yellow...so should be safe to eat.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20Looks like poison.
  • KibibyteBrain, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21Duh, it was the Mooninites doing unmentionable acts to the earth from space to have revenge on us for persecuting them.
  • Felshadow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20this is a sign! the glorious purging has begun! ginger kids assemble!
  • xcoastie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17Tastes like burning
  • klovely78, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17In other news, New Jersey is reporting their snow missing.
  • MadN, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Orange you glad it's not bananas?
  • Akaji, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15You know, I'm okay with us all dying, since it'll mean that you die.
  • n666, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12if this is a prank, the people responsible have amazing bladders
  • Eccohawk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11That's not an orange hair question.
  • infimprob, on 10/12/2007, -8/+19Is Putin out to kill political dissenters (read journalists) again!
  • Lenin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11why not..?? It tastes like Oranges!
  • H3LLSL337, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11http://duggmirror.com/offbeat_news/Orange_Snow_falls_in_Russia_With_Pics/
  • cyberwiz01, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I think I saw a 'beta' tag on the ground.
  • otheruser, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10BBC:

    ""So far we cannot explain the snow, which is oily to the touch and has a pronounced rotten smell," said Omsk environmental prosecutor Anton German, quoted by the Russian news agency Itar-Tass on Thursday. "

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6323611.stm
  • H3LLSL337, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Wow...just, wow. You somehow made a political statement out of something that has *absolutely nothing* to do with politics. GTFO troll.
  • bioskope, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11God bleeds orange juice
  • vertinox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8But tastes like candy.
  • CactusChef, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8At least it ain't yellow.
  • gerry87, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Don't eat it!
  • saska, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Orange you glad you got to be first?
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Chernobyl 2.0?
  • ahhell, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Tastes like...burning.
  • dangerweasel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7It could be just some bacteria. They do funny things. There is a species that blooms in the snowfall on Mt. Rainier, that I think may be orange.
  • mkearl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7This is a type of Algae that growing at certain elevations. I used to see this exact same thing just outside of Yellowstone way up in the bear tooth. The weird thing is that is kinda tastes good. I know that sounds messed.... but it's pretty cool.
  • TalonTrax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Uhm, couldn't this be the source of the Orange?!? http://englishrussia.com/?p=500
  • Eccohawk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Snow Cone, anyone?
  • pupkind, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5According to this http://lenta.ru/news/2007/02/02/snow3, the color of the snow comes from the dust particles, which in turn come from a dust storm that got sucked into an upper atmosphere few days ago from a territory of Kazakhstan. Extensive testing did not reveal any chemical, toxic or radioactive components in the snow. Just the dust.
  • josegutz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Actually... I heard it Tastes like TANG orange flavored snow... MMMMMmmm
  • caliyankee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Blocking...so easy, yet so satisfying.
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