Freeze! No, that wasn’t a command; that was an exclamation, you don’t actually need to freeze, pandas. If you’re in the Northern Hemisphere right now, you’re probably experiencing some crazy winter weather. And although 2023 was the Earth’s hottest year recorded in history, it still had its fair share of winter storms.
Even now, at the very beginning of 2024, we’re experiencing lots of snow and icy conditions. Just two weeks ago, CNN wrote about why we still have extremely cold weather when the planet warms to record levels.
One positive aspect of this worrisome trend is that this kind of weather can sometimes create some beautiful scenes out in nature and in our cities. That’s why we’re continuing our yearly trend of presenting you with lists of beautiful and sometimes chuckle-worthy pictures of winter doing its thing.
Bored Panda reached out to Energy Meteorologist Andrew Markowitz. He’s a science communicator on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter (X) who talks about all things weather. He makes informative but entertaining videos explaining things like the Polar Vortex and El Niño, and he presents his viewers with fascinating bite-sized weather facts. We talked with Andrew about extreme winters, how climate change is affecting the seasons, and how he became a meteorologist.
More info: Andrew Markowitz on TikTok | Instagram | Twitter (X)
#1 Ice Sheet From A Leaf
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#2 Whenever It Freezes This Happens To Our Spare Bedroom Windows
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#3 Accumulated Snow Depth Outside My House (Banana For Scale)
It’s more than 15 bananas high. I measured this morning. We’ll likely get a fair bit more snow, but it’s also starting to warm up a little in the daytime, so this is probably the maximum for this season. For those who still think in the old-fashioned measurement systems, it’s about 230 cm or 7 and a half feet.
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#4 I Took A Picture Of Our Road On A Winter Night
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#5 Flowers After An Ice Storm
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#6 That’s Frightening
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#7 Photos I Took In Port Stanley, Ontario Canada. Combination Of Severe Wind, Cold, Water And A Little Sand. The Base For Mother Nature’s Sculptures Was A Gate And Lamp Posts On A Pier
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#8 Freshly Fallen Snow
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#9 How About That For A Snow Depth?
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#10 Strange Ice Pattern On The Car After Driving Through A Blizzard
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#11 Oulanka National Park, Finland (-23°C/-9°F)
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#12 This Snow Drift On The Side Of A Shed
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#13 The Way The Snow Melted Off My Porch
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#14 Surfer After Riding Waves In Lake Superior During Polar Vortex
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#15 Great Way To Measure Though
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#16 Freezing Temperatures And Strong Winds Have Created Breathtaking Formations Of Ice In Lithuania’s Resort Town Nida
Image source: Antanas Miežanskas
#17 Frozen Snow Lift At Big White Ski Resort, British Columbia, Canada
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#18 This Is Tony – Our 5’10” Terrain Parks Day Lead Extraordinaire. This Is Also The Snow Bank In C-Lot. How Many Feet (Or Tonys) Tall Do You Think It Is?
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#19 That’s A Whole Iceberg
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#20 Snow Removal In Montenegro, Durmitor Mountain, Mid April
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#21 Why Bother With A Beer Glass When You Can Just Use Ice
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#22 I’m Up In Mammoth Now And The Amount Of Snow Here Is Amazing. This Is A Photo My Son Took From The Gondola Up To The Mountain Today
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#23 My Walk Home This Evening
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#24 This Tree After An Ice Storm In Illinois
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#25 The Way The Snow On My Windshield Rolled Itself Up Like A Swiss Roll
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#26 Home Depot Left The Sprinklers On Overnight In Freezing Weather
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#27 Our Incredible “Iceman”, Shane Wolken, Has Taken The Challenge! A Photo Capturing This Brave Feat – Washing The Crane In Frigid Temperatures To Protect It From Long-Term Damage
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#28 Canadian Winter
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#29 I Used The Grill On Sunday Night, But I Lost It Now. Working On A Plan To Find It Today
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#30 Snowfall In Hokkaido, Northern Japan
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#31 -50 Degrees In Yakutsk, Russia
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#32 The Frost On My Car Window This Morning
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#33 These Frozen Webs
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#34 The Way The Snow Melted On This Pole
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#35 Sister’s Boyfriend Cracked An Egg On Our Front Porch. -28°C
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#36 California Snow
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#37 Sent To Me By A Friend. Human For Scale
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#38 Calgary, Alberta This Morning When It Was -30 Degrees
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#39 This Ice Wheel In My Neighborhood
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#40 Here Is The Entrance To The Marketing Office
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#41 It Got A Little Icy In My Neighborhood
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#42 Picture I Took Of My Driveway During Day 2 Of Snowmageddon
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#43 Geological Strata Of A Canadian Winter
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#44 Oh, Poor Buffalo Baby
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#45 Cold Wave In Japan
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#46 That’s 1/32 Of A Car
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#47 A Picture Of St. John’s, NL, After The Snowstorm Yesterday
#48 There’s Still A Little Bit Of Snow Piled Up At The Parents’ Place In California (Near Tahoe)
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#49 -15°F Adventure (Eagle River, Alaska)
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#50 My Thermometer Has Bottomed Out. Actual Temperature Is -44°C
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