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Snow Doughnuts

These rarely form but crews clearing snow from the North Cascades Highway found some. From the WA State Department of Transportation:

March 28, 2008
Mmmm. Doughnuts. (See the picture on the right.) Mike Stanford has a nose for snow donuts. Mike is one of our avalanche control technicians. Two years in a row he has found snow donuts along the snow covered North Cascades Highway during the spring opening work.

This year's donuts don't have the same consistency or luster as last year's donuts. Pictures of last years donuts.

In case you missed it, Mike Stanford and his snow donuts made national news last year. Pictures of the donuts were seen in papers as far away as England. They were all the rage.

Here are two photos from this year:

Posted by DaveH at May 3, 2008 4:23 PM