Snow angel

A snow angel is a human -generated from a footprint in the snow, which has the shape of an angel.

Creating a Snow Angel is a popular in the snowy regions of North America and very common wintry breeze, in the children's folklore of the United States and Canada, a similarly high priority assigned as in Germany the snowmen or throwing snowballs. However, there are also many adults that produce snow angel.

Method

The generation of a snow angel is easy. The first step is to find a pristine, smooth snow surface. The person lies down in this area backwards with side arms outstretched into rows and then with arms and legs up and down or back and forth. This results in the snow four wells that form the "wings" and " garment" halves of the angel.

Variation

A variation is the snow eagle. When creating a snow eagle the person rowing is not an area, but expresses arms and legs in a short distance displaced in the snow, so that the image of a plumage arises.

World Record

According to the Guinness Book of World Records North Dakota holds the world record for the largest number of snow angels, which have been produced at the same time in the same place. On February 18, 2007 at the same time 8,962 snow angels were made ​​on the grounds of the parliament building in Bismarck.