Snowfall, Dec. 17, 2010

A group of Fallow Deer (Dama dama) bucks are seen in a snow-dusted field in Richmond Park, west London, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. A wave of snow and icy weather was also causing travel problems across Britain, with trains canceled, schools shut and cars sliding on icy roads.



A West Highland White Terrier runs through the snow in a forest near Hilden, western Germany on December 17, 2010. Large parts of Giermany are buried under snow, causing traffic chaos and closing schools in several areas.




A West Highland White Terrier runs through the snow in a forest near Hilden, western Germany on December 17, 2010. Large parts of Giermany are buried under snow, causing traffic chaos and closing schools in several areas.



A horse grazes over snow covered pasture in Great Falls, Virginia, December 17, 2010. The first measurable snowfall on Thursday caused local schools to close early and cancellation of all afternoon and evening programs.



A sheep pauses as it makes its way through a snow-covered field near Glenariffe Forest Park in the Glens of Antrim December 17, 2010, as Northern Ireland experiences some of its 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.



A Highland cow (Angus) is pictured in a field covered by snow in the French village of Weiterswiller, eastern France on December 17, 2010.




Highlands cows (Angus) are pictured in a field covered by snow in the French village of Weiterswiller, eastern France on December 17, 2010.




A horse grazes on snow covered pasture in Great Falls, Virginia, December 17, 2010. The first measurable snowfall on Thursday caused local schools to close early and cancellation of all afternoon and evening programs.

source: Daylife
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