Snow: Beauty and the Beast 67 pics part 1

01. Youths throw snowballs in Stamford Bridge, northern England December 2, 2010. Heavy snow caused travel chaos across much of northern Europe on Thursday, keeping London's Gatwick
airport closed for a second day and disrupting road and rail travel in France, Germany and Switzerland. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis

It is nothing more than frozen water, but when it falls from the skies it turns our world upside down. Landscapes get a makeover, a childish grin appears on grown up faces and the infrastructure breaks down. Snow. We love it and we hate it. We love playing in it with our kids. Love throwing snowballs at work colleagues. Love sledding down hills. love skiiing down slopes. And love the atmosphere it brings to everything it touches. But we hate it for shutting down our airports. For making the trains not run. For making the roads not fit to drive on. For breaking our limbs. For turning into dirty mush when it melts. Snow is both beautiful and beastly at the same time.
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02. Highland cattle search for feed in a snow covered field in Perthshire, Scotland December 2, 2010. Heavy snow caused travel chaos across much of northern Europe on Thursday, keeping London's Gatwick airport closed for a second day and disrupting road and rail travel in France, Germany and Switzerland.
REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

03. Vehicles travel eastbound along the M8 motorway near Harthill, in Scotland December 7, 2010. Motorists in Scotland were told to stay at home after hundreds of drivers were stranded overnight after snow and freezing temperatures brought more chaos to travellers in northern Britain. REUTERS/David Moir

04. A magpie stands near the snow-covered banks of the Miljacka river in Sarajevo December 11, 2010. Snow and icy weather has blanketed large parts of Europe, disrupting air, road and train travel. REUTERS/Danilo Krstanovic

05. Stray dogs sit in the snow with the air temperature at about minus 35 degrees Celsius (-31 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk December 11, 2010. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

06. Stray dogs sit in the snow, near a heating pipeline, with the air temperature at about minus 35 degrees Celsius (-31 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk December 11, 2010. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

07. Members of a local winter swimmers' club play in the snow on the bank of the Yenisei River amid air temperature measuring at about -36 degrees Celsius (-32.8 degree Fahrenheit) in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk December 12, 2010. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

08. Civil defence truck clears a road blocked by snow along the main highway linking Beirut to Damascus, in Sawfar village in eastern Lebanon, December 12, 2010. Lebanon faced its coldest winter spell this season with heavy snowfall blocking roads and covering mountains peaks, the National News Agency (NNA) reported. REUTERS/ Jamal Saidi

09. Snow covers the Minnesota Vikings football field after 17 inches of snowfall cause a tear in the teflon roof of the Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, December 12, 2010. REUTERS/Eric Miller

10. A man shovels out a car next to a van that caught fire after 17 inches of snow fell in Minneapolis, December 12, 2010. REUTERS/Eric Miller

11. A man digs out his car after a snow plow pushes snow up against it after 17 inches of snow fell in Minneapolis, December 12, 2010. REUTERS/Eric Miller

12. An Ohio State Highway Patrol car arrives to assist a van off the side of the road on Interstate 71 in Medina County Ohio, December 13, 2010. A blizzard dumped thigh-deep snow on some areas of the U.S. upper Midwest on Sunday, playing havoc with travelers and causing the roof of a large stadium, the Metrodome, to collapse in Minneapolis.
The snow hit Wisconsin and Minnesota the hardest as it moved eastward toward Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk

13. Terry Alspach, uses a snow blower to clear his driveway in Medina Township, Ohio, December 13, 2010. A blizzard dumped thigh-deep snow on some areas of the U.S. upper Midwest on Sunday, playing havoc with travelers and causing the roof of a large stadium, the Metrodome, to collapse in Minneapolis. The snow hit Wisconsin and Minnesota the hardest as it moved eastward toward Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk

14. Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre (C) calls a play as heavy snow falls in the second half against the Seattle Seahawks during their NFC Divisional NFL playoff football game in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in this file photo taken January 12, 2008. For the first time in 19 seasons Favre failed to report for work on December 13, 2010, ending one of the most remarkable ironman streaks in all of sport. Picture taken January 12, 2008. REUTERS/Frank Polich/Files

15. Snow covered bicycles are seen next to the underground station Munich Perlach in Munich December 15, 2010. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

16. Japanese Macaques (or Snow Monkeys) soak in a hot spring in Hakodate on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido December 15, 2010. REUTERS/Kyodo

17. A worker uses a snow blower to remove snow from the top of the stands at the TCF Bank Stadium football field at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, December 15, 2010. The Minnesota Vikings are scheduled to play the Chicago Bears at the outdoor stadium after snow collapsed the roof the Metrodome, the Vikings' home field. REUTERS/Eric Miller

18. Viktor, the Minnesota Vikings mascot, helps remove snow from the seats in the TCF Bank Stadium football field at the University of Minnesota football field in Minneapolis, December 15, 2010. The Vikings are scheduled to play the Chicago Bears at the outdoor stadium after snow collapsed the roof of the Metrodome, the Vikings' home field. REUTERS/Eric Miller

19. Jackdaws sit in the snow as Mount Matterhorn (4478m/14687ft) is pictured behind, near the Swiss mountain resort of Zermatt December 14, 2010. Picture taken on December 14, 2010. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

20. A tractor with a snow plough clears a path from snow in Friedrichshagen between Greifswald and Lubmin December 16, 2010. A controversial shipment of four Castor containers with spent German nuclear fuel coming from Cadarache in France is expected to arrive at the interim storage of the northeastern German village of Lubmin on Thursday. REUTERS/Christian Charisius

21. A traffic jam is pictured on a snow covered motorway in Duesseldorf December 16, 2010. Heavy snowfalls over over the past hours caused serious traffic jams and numerous minor accidents all over Germany on Thursday. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender

22. Cars are caught in a traffic jam on a snow covered motorway in Leverkusen December 16, 2010. Heavy snowfall has caused serious traffic jams and numerous minor traffic accidents all over Germany on Thursday. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender

23. U.S. Capitol grounds keeper Luis Collin clears snow from the first significant snowfall of the season at the entrance to the Capitol in Washington, December 16, 2010. The U.S. Congress gave final approval late on Thursday to the deal President Barack Obama and Republicans made to extend expiring tax cuts -- a high-stakes gamble to create jobs at a cost of deepening the U.S. debt. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang

24. The village of Hochfelden in the Alsacian countryside is seen after snow fell on North-Eastern France, December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

25. A crucifix is seen near snow covered vineyards in the Alsacian countryside near Dahlenheim after snow fell on North-Eastern France, December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

26. A worker walks past a plane parked on the snow covered tarmac of Zurich airport in Kloten after the region was hit by strong snow falls, December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

27. People walk across a snow covered street in Berlin, December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

28. Workers use a blower to remove snow from the tarmac of Zurich airport in Kloten after the region was hit by strong snow falls, December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

29. Trees are covered with snow at City Park in Budapest December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

30. A woman walks during a snowfall in London December 17, 2010. A fresh blast of snow threatened to throw Britain's roads and railways into disarray in the run-up to Christmas, as winter tightened its grip on the country for the second time this year. This December is likely to be the coldest since digital records began in 1910 if temperatures in the second half of the month are as low as they have been in the first, said Helen Chivers, a forecaster at the Met Office. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

31. Workers remove snow from a platform at a train station in Allaman, between Lausanne and Geneva, after the region was hit by strong snow falls, December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Valentin Flauraud

32. Workers use blowers to remove extra snow during the ski jumping World Cup competition in Engelberg December 17, 2010. Austria's Thomas Morgenstern won the competition ahead of Austria's Andreas Kofler and Austria's Wolfgang Loitzl. REUTERS/Michael Buholzer

33. A man dressed as an ancient Roman Centurion takes a picture during a falling snow in front of Colosseum, in Rome December 17, 2010. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

34. A novelty bird feeder is buried during a blizzard in a garden in the village of Waterfoot December 17, 2010, as Northern Ireland experiences some of it's heaviest snowfalls in thirty years. A fresh blast of snow threatened to throw Britain's roads and railways into disarray in the run-up to Christmas, as winter tightened its grip on the country for the second time this year. This December is likely to be the coldest since digital records began in 1910 if temperatures in the second half of the month are as low as they have been in the first, said Helen Chivers, a forecaster at the Met Office. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton