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Every winter, 'snow monsters' up to 5-6 meters tall appear on Japan's Tohoku mountains. Siberian winds carry moisture that becomes supercooled droplets, freezing instantly upon hitting trees and building up over weeks into towering ice formations called juhyo.
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