Gorgeous pictures

Dave found this this link on a mailing list he's on...

Quoting him, quoting R Todd King's site:
"The temperature in Harbin reaches forty below zero, both farenheit and centigrade, and stays below freezing nearly half the year. The city is actually further north than notoriously cold Vladivostok, Russia, just 300 miles away. So what does one do here every winter? Hold an outdoor festival, of course! Rather than suffer the cold, the residents of Harbin celebrate it, with an annual festival of snow and ice sculptures and competitions. This is the amazing sculpture made of snow greeting visitors to the snow festival in 2003."

The Harbin Snow and Ice Festival (photos by R Todd King):
China Photos 2003 - Northeast Winter

Be sure to check out the other sections while you're there. The photos are just amazing.