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Scotland's winter snow STILL hasn't melted: Incredible network of tunnels and caves clings to mountains after the cold summer

15-8-2015 < 21st Century Wire 252 91 words
 

A cold summer in Scotland has led to this incredible natural phenomenon - with ice and snow which still hasn't melted forming a network of icy tunnels and caves clinging to the edge of mountains.


Experts say an unusual mix of circumstances has produced a stunning world of snow tunnels and bridges towering higher than a double-decker buses in the Cairngorms National Park


A range of factors has seen a growing number of snow patches remaining since 2007, but this summer there are more than have been seen for 20 years.


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