China unveils largest snow sculpture ever created

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	China unveils largest snow sculpture ever created

michellezm

1-11-2008 12:35 AM

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1-11-2008 8:51 AM

mickfinn

Great clip

1-11-2008 12:32 PM

Aribeth

magnificent indeed!

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Called Romantic Feelings, it is a staggering 115ft high and 656ft long - the largest snow sculpture ever created. 
</P><P>It was made by joining together 15ft square blocks of natural ice and snow, taken from the nearby Songhua River, which have been compressed to withstand blows from hatchets, saws and shovels.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=507501&in_page_id=1811"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dailymail.co.uk/img/2E064000-0175-4D18-9FF7-B9955A1DB4A6" alt="Romantic Feelings" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=507501&in_page_id=1811"><P>Romantic Feelings is a staggering 115ft high and 656ft long - the largest snow sculpture ever created</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=507501&in_page_id=1811"><P>
600 sculptors from 40 countries have used 120,000 cubic feet of snow and ice to create the Olympic themed landscape - a vista of Russian churches, French cathedrals, Chinese palaces and, of course, an ice Acropolis. 
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There is even a version of Stonehenge to celebrate the London Olympics in 2012. 
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