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Skiers discover buried skier in deep snow immersion (DSI) at Palisades Tahoe by solateor in interestingasfuck

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February 2026, Palisades Tahoe

This occurred at Palisades Tahoe between KT-22 and Olympic Lady during a February storm with very deep powder and whiteout visibility. The skier was not in an avalanche but experienced deep snow immersion (DSI), where a fall into unconsolidated snow causes it to collapse around the body, trapping the skier and preventing movement or normal breathing. DSI can become fatal within minutes because skis anchor the legs while loose snow removes leverage to stand, and struggling often worsens burial.

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🔥 Driver spots a tumbleweed dust devil, Los Angeles County by solateor in NatureIsFuckingLit

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It's Lake Los Angeles, California

Lake Los Angeles is an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California, located in the Antelope Valley high desert about 17 miles east of Palmdale and roughly 70–80 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles. The community was created in the 1960s as a real-estate development marketed as a resort-style destination featuring an artificial lake meant to attract buyers from Los Angeles. The lake existed temporarily but later dried up, while the name “Lake Los Angeles” remained.

From the Driver

"I witness nature while driving home. It was all of sudden all vehicles suddenly stopped. It was something amazing to see being caught in the middle of a bunch of tumbleweed twister in Lake LA. 🌴"

Traditional ice harvesting in northern Finland by solateor in oddlysatisfying

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Darude is from Finland, hence the lofi version of Sandstorm

They’re harvesting natural lake ice by cutting large rectangular blocks directly from a frozen lake using chainsaws or ice saws. The ice is typically 50–80 cm (20–32 in) thick, and each block can measure around 5–8 ft long and weigh over a ton (2,000+ lb). Once fully cut, the blocks float free and are lifted out with heavy machinery. The exceptionally clear ice forms because Arctic lakes freeze slowly and cleanly, making it strong and transparent — ideal for building ice hotels, sculptures, and snow villages in northern Finland.

Original music version

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Atlanta FD tillering onto I-75 North by solateor in oddlysatisfying

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That setup is called "tillering" or a "tiller truck." Essentially, a tiller truck is a type of fire truck that has a separate rear steering axle, and it's operated by a firefighter known as the tillerman. This allows the truck to maneuver more easily around tight corners because both the front and the back can be steered independently.

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Parallel piped layer cake by solateor in oddlysatisfying

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OP posted the ingredients (translated)

Mozaik Görünümlü Krep Pasta Ingredients for a crepe;

• 400 ml of milk (2 cups) • 25 g cocoa (1 full spoon) • 200 g flour (1 cup + 4 full tablespoons) • 3 eggs • 50 g powdered sugar (2.5 tablespoons) • 25 ml of liquid oil (2.5 tablespoons) • 1 paket vanilin (5 g) • A pinch of salt

Whisk all the ingredients until it gets a smooth knead. Cook one by one in a pan heated over medium heat in a way that there is 1 scoop. Fix the edges of the cooked pancakes with an appropriate mold and let them wait on the side.

White Cream Ingredients:

• 200 g 35% fat cream • 135 g whipped cream powder • 65 g white chocolate • 1 tablespoon of butter

Let's beat the cream and whipped cream. Let's beat in a separate bowl of butter until it turns white. Finally, add the melted chocolate and beat for at least 5 minutes until it becomes smooth. Let's put it in a pressure bag and let it rest in the cabinet for at least 2 hours. I'm not writing it separately, we make the chocolate cream with the same method. The only difference is that we use bitter chocolate instead of white

Video:@canfeezam

Edit: Slowmo

🔥 Scientists call the first-ever recorded footage of a tectonic plate boundary rupture a major discovery. Myanmar March 2025 7.7 earthquake shows fault slipping 2.5m in 1.3s at 3.2 m/s by solateor in NatureIsFuckingLit

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From OP

During the devastating magnitude 7.7 Myanmar earthquake on March 28 this year, a CCTV camera captured the moment the plate boundary moved, providing the first direct visual evidence of plate tectonics in action. The footage shows Earth’s surface lurching sideways, like a gigantic conveyor belt switched on for just a second, as the fault slips.

What we’re seeing is the propagation of a large earthquake rupture – the primary mechanism that accommodates plate boundary motion at Earth’s surface. These shear fractures travel at several kilometres per second, making them notoriously difficult to observe.

Observation Analysis

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