Bird-shaped snow on Mt. Fuji

Bird-shaped snow on Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photo shows snow shaped like a bird (marked by circle) on Mt. Fuji on Jan. 31, 2012. The shape called ''nodori'' (agricultural bird) usually appears in the spring, not in the middle of winter as in this case. The 3,776-meter mountain straddles Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, west of Tokyo.

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