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A Message To People Complaining About The Weather In Toronto

A Message To People Complaining About The Cold In Toronto
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Yes, it's cold. No, it's not that bad.

Toronto has been hit with unseasonably frigid temperatures this week, leading many in the city to ceaselessly lament the early onset of winter.

This is Buffalo, N.Y. today (yes, that is an SUV).

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In conclusion:

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Most Insane Photos Of Winter 2013-2014
The Selkirk Mountains in B.C.(01 of69)
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Bruce County in Ontario(02 of69)
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Orillia in Ontario(03 of69)
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Port Elgin, ON(04 of69)
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Bruce County in Ontario(05 of69)
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Penetanguishene, ON(06 of69)
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Moose Jaw in Saskatchewan(07 of69)
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Bruce County in Ontario(08 of69)
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Grey County, ON(09 of69)
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Bruce County in Ontario(10 of69)
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Montreal(11 of69)
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Bruce County, ON(12 of69)
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Grande Prairie, AB(13 of69)
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Bruce County, ON(14 of69)
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Near Paisley, ON(15 of69)
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Moonstone, ON(16 of69)
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This is Mount Thor on Baffin Island in Nunavut(17 of69)
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It has the world's highest vertical drop(18 of69)
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That's 1,250 metres, straight down. The CN Tower is 553 metres tall(19 of69)
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This is Abraham Lake in Alberta(20 of69)
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The artificially created body of water looks pretty unreal in the summer...(21 of69)
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... But in the winter it looks like this(22 of69)
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Because a lake of ice bubbles is a real thing(24 of69)
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This is the Manicouagan crater in Quebec(27 of69)
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It's around 215 million years old and holds the title for largest visible impact crater on Earth(28 of69)
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The massive Daniel-Johnson Dam turns the crater into an enormous reservoir(29 of69)
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That is easily seen from space(30 of69)
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But it's far from the only crazy Canadian impact site. This is Pingualuit crater in Quebec(31 of69)
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It's around 3.5 kilometres in diameter...(32 of69)
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... And 1.4 million years old. That's a toddler in crater years(33 of69)
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It also looks pretty crazy from space(34 of69)
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These are pingos in the Northwest Territories(36 of69)
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The mounds are actually massive hunks of ice covered in earth(37 of69)
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When they melt they look like this(39 of69)
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This is the Sleeping Giant in Ontario(40 of69)
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And this is what it looks like from a helicopter(41 of69)
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This is the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick(42 of69)
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It has the highest tidal range in the world(43 of69)
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The difference between low and high tide can be as much as 16 metres. That's roughly the height of a five-storey building(44 of69)
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This is Nahanni National Park in the N.W.T.(46 of69)
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It's basically "The Land Before Time"(48 of69)
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Mixed with the "Lord of the Rings"(49 of69)
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Virginia Falls in Nahanni is roughly twice as high as Niagara Falls(51 of69)
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This is Spotted Lake in B.C.(52 of69)
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Mineral concentrations cause the crazy colours(53 of69)
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This is the sky in Saskatchewan(56 of69)
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Sometimes it looks scary(58 of69)
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Other times it's stunningly beautiful(59 of69)
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There's a reason they call it the "Land of the Living Skies"(61 of69)
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This is the Western Brook Pond in Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland & Labrador(62 of69)
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No, this is not Iceland(63 of69)
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It's better(64 of69)
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This is a glacial cave in Jasper National Park in Alberta(65 of69)
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And this one is in the Pemberton Ice Fields in B.C.(66 of69)
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This cave is on Devon Island in Nunavut(67 of69)
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It's actually a channel inside a melting glacier(68 of69)
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And there's lots of melting to go around...(69 of69)
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