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Snow Doughnuts

  • February 6, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Snow rollers, or snow doughnuts, are rare snowballs made by wind. They can form on icy slopes when the snow is wet and loose, if the wind is strong enough to roll the snow but not blowing too fast. Snow rollers get bigger as they move, sometimes up to two feet wide!

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