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A long time exposure photo of a thunderstorm with lightning over Zurich, Switzerland, seen from Gockhausen early Friday morning, August 24, 2012.
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Lightning strikes over Uetliberg mountain during a thunderstorm in Zurich, Switzerland, early August 24, 2012.
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The almost new moon sets behind the Uetliberg near Zurich, Switzerland, Nov. 27.
What a way to predict summer weather. According to Reuters: As the bells of St. Peter's church chime six o'clock, the bonfire below the Boeoegg, a snowman made of wadding and filled with firecrackers, is set alight and mounted guildsmen gallop around the pyre to the tune of the Sechselaeuten March. The faster the head of the Boeoegg, the symbol of winter, catches fire and explodes, the warmer and more beautiful the summer will be. Read more about the exploding snowman here.
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The Boeoegg snowman explodes atop a bonfire in the Sechselaeuten square in Zurich on Monday, April 11.
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The Boeoegg, a snowman made of wadding and filled with firecrackers, explodes atop a bonfire in the Sechselaeuten square in Zurich on Monday.
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A guild rides around the 'Boeoegg' on the Sechselaeuten meadow in Zurich, Switzerland, on Monday.
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A five-day-old gorilla sleeps in the arms of its ten-year-old mother N'Yokumi at an enclosure at the zoo in Zurich on March 2. The gender of the baby gorilla is not yet known and a name has yet to be chosen.
See more great animal photos here: Animal Tracks: Feb. 21 - 28
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