Wow! F*cking WOW!

[Matariki]

Seriously amazing - the second photo is the one that made me utter the expletive in the OP.

It's like Burning Man, but with ice, and in China:
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/12/27/its-like-burning-man.html

[Matariki]

1. Here are more photos

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/01/harbin_ice_and_snow_sculpture.html

[petronius]

4. I was skimming down and just caught the "Boston" in your link - thought at first that was

one of the First Night sculptures, and I was really sorry to be missing it this year...

Those are absolutely incredible!

[sakabatou]

2. Holy crap...

[Kennah]

3. Oh yes. It's absolutely amazing!

http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Harbin+Ice+Festival&gbv=2&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1440&bih=591

[Kennah]

5. Links to more pics on the wiki page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbin_International_Ice_and_Snow_Sculpture_Festival

[Electric Monk]

6. When Disney meets China

I wonder how much it cost?

[The Midway Rebel]

7. I wonder if...

they used algebra.

[lunatica]

8. This is a wonderful festival!

[maryf]

9. Thanks.

k&r

[femrap]

10. Very cool....

and think of all the people that is employs!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What creativity and imagination....you're right, WOW!

[The Backlash Cometh]

11. The Gaylord Palms in Orlando invite Chinese artist to come each year

And they create an Ice world you can visit from December to early January.

Same concept.

[RandomKoolzip]

12. How is this anything like Burning Man?

Things I'd see at Burning Man I don't see here:

1. Naked/beloinclothed people
2. Dreadlocks
3. Visible clouds of B.O. Funk
4. Robots made from scrap metal and marijuana logic
5. Trust fund kids

Nice pics, tho.

[Matariki]

16. Creativity and extreme climates?

[malaise]

13. Absolutely fabulous

Thanks

Rec

[bvar22]

14. Better get ready to welcome our Chinese Overlords.

We don't stand a chance.

[Matariki]

17. lol

you're probably right ;-)

[Kennah]

19. Not likely

We'll deteriorate into fascism, or a police state, or both.

[AmandaMae]

15. wow! awesome, thanks for posting

[Matariki]

18. These chess pieces are pretty amazing too