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China: Ice Slowly Forms Over Flowing Water, Creating Natural Topographic Map

This is the mesmerizing moment that a thin sheet of ice slowly take shape, revealing flowing water beneath and turning an ordinary surface into something that looked like a natural contour map. On February 8, 2026, in Henan, China, the video captured a quiet winter scene as a fragile layer of ice formed over shallow water. The camera showed the surface changing minute by minute, with clear channels still moving underneath while the top gradually stiffened. Ripples traced soft lines, and the freezing process followed the subtle height differences of the ground, creating patterns that resembled the lines on a topographic chart. As the cold tightened its grip, the translucent sheet thickened, and the movement below became slower and more deliberate. The contrast between motion and stillness made the process easy to follow, and the viewer could see where water continued to run and where it had already been sealed by ice.

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China: Guangdong Night Sky Glows in Shade of Purple

On March 31, 2026, in Guangdong, a video captured a breathtaking scene where the night sky suddenly turned a vivid shade of purple.

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China: Soap Bubbles Freeze Within Seconds in Extreme Cold

A Chinese blogger captured soap bubbles freezing almost instantly in minus 15°C temperatures on December 26, 2025, in Mohe, Heilongjiang.

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ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2025

Team Ice On Fire of Italy perform their free program at the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on April 5, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2025

Team Ice On Fire of Italy perform their free program at the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on April 5, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2025

Team Ice On Fire of Italy perform their free program at the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on April 5, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2025

Team Ice On Fire of Italy perform their free program at the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on April 5, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2025

Team Jingu Ice Messengers of Japan perform their free program at the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on April 5, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2025

Team Jingu Ice Messengers of Japan perform their free program at the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on April 5, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2025

Team Ice Fire Senior of Poland perform their free program at the World Synchronized Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on April 5, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2025

Team Ice Fire Senior of Poland perform their free program at the World Synchronized Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on April 5, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2025

Team Ice Fire Senior of Poland perform their free program at the World Synchronized Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on April 5, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2025

Team Ice United of the Netherlands perform their free program at the World Synchronized Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on April 5, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2025

Team Ice United of the Netherlands perform their free program at the World Synchronized Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on April 5, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2025

Team Ice United of the Netherlands perform their free program at the World Synchronized Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on April 5, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2025

Team Ice on Fire of Italy perform their short program at the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on April 4, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2025

Team Ice on Fire of Italy perform their short program at the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on April 4, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2025

Team Ice Fire Senior of Poland perform their short program at the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on April 4, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2025

Team Ice Fire Senior of Poland perform their short program at the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on April 4, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2025

Team Jingu Ice Messengers of Japan perform their short program at the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on April 4, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2025

Team Jingu Ice Messengers of Japan perform their short program at the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on April 4, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2025

Team Ice United of the Netherlands perform their short program at the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on April 4, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships 2025

Team Ice United of the Netherlands perform their short program at the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, on April 4, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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China: Stunning Ice Halo Spotted In Kunming, Yunnan

A stunning ice halo was spotting in Kunming, Yunnan on May 21. According to Li Xiaopeng, an expert from the Kunming Meteorological Observatory, the formation principle of an ice halo is similar to that of a rainbow. Because high-altitude clouds are relatively thin, their interiors consist of ice crystals. When sunlight shines onto these high-altitude clouds, it undergoes refraction and reflection, resulting in the formation of this colorful circular halo.

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Cold Wave Hit Lianyungang

LIANYUNGANG, CHIAN - FEBRUARY 21, 2024 - People put a simple shield on the windshield of a car to prevent ice formation in Lianyungang city, Jiangsu province, Feb 21, 2024.

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CHINA-XINJIANG-SAYRAM LAKE-SCENERY (CN)

(230408) -- BOLE, April 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An ice formation glitters against the setting sun on the shore of Sayram Lake in Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 6, 2023. The frozen Sayram Lake in Xinjiang has begun to thaw amid rising temperatures. Surrounded by grasslands and the Tianshan Mountains, the lake attracts lots of tourists every day. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-SAYRAM LAKE-SCENERY (CN)

(230408) -- BOLE, April 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An ice formation glitters against the setting sun on the shore of Sayram Lake in Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 6, 2023. The frozen Sayram Lake in Xinjiang has begun to thaw amid rising temperatures. Surrounded by grasslands and the Tianshan Mountains, the lake attracts lots of tourists every day. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-SAYRAM LAKE-SCENERY (CN)

(230408) -- BOLE, April 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An ice formation glitters against the setting sun on the shore of Sayram Lake in Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 6, 2023. The frozen Sayram Lake in Xinjiang has begun to thaw amid rising temperatures. Surrounded by grasslands and the Tianshan Mountains, the lake attracts lots of tourists every day. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-SAYRAM LAKE-SCENERY (CN)

(230408) -- BOLE, April 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 6, 2023 shows an ice formation on the shore of Sayram Lake in Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The frozen Sayram Lake in Xinjiang has begun to thaw amid rising temperatures. Surrounded by grasslands and the Tianshan Mountains, the lake attracts lots of tourists every day. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)

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Long established natural ice supplier keeps data on notebooks

Asami Reizo Co., a long-established supplier of natural ice in Minano, Saitama Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, shows notebooks recording temperatures at its ice formation pond and other past data as seen in this photo taken on Feb. 11, 2015. Concerns are growing over adverse effects of global warming on the business of shipping naturally formed ice. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games: Japan team attends ceremony in Sapporo

Japanese curler Mari Motohashi (C), who will serve as captain of Japan's delegation, speaks at the team formation ceremony for the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo on Feb. 16, 2017. On the right is flag bearer Go Tanaka, captain of the men's ice hockey team. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo