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There is proof of the Belo Monte Dam project’s impact on the Big Bend, though – from above. The group has argued in the past that there was no scientific proof that the change in water flow harmed fish or turtles. The consortium of utilities and mining companies that runs the dam has pushed back on government orders to allow more water to reach the Big Bend, claiming it would cut their generation and profits. Some of the most devastating effects are during the rainy season, when wildlife and trees rely heavily on having high water. Most of the river’s flow now bypasses the Big Bend, and the Indigenous peoples who live there are watching their livelihoods and way of life become endangered.

The reservoir now powers one of the largest hydropower dams in the world, designed with enough capacity to power around 20 million households, though it has been producing far less. That’s because in late 2015, the massive Belo Monte Dam project began redirecting water from the Xingu river upstream from the Big Bend, channeling it through a canal to a giant new reservoir. Today, as much as 80% of the water flow is gone. The river is essential to their culture and religion, and a crucial source of fish, transportation and water for trees and plants.įive years ago, the Big Bend was a broad river valley interwoven with river channels teaming with fish, turtles and other wildlife. The Xingu river is revered as the “ House of God” by the Indigenous people living along its Volte Grande, or Big Bend, in the Brazilian Amazon. Most of the river’s flow now bypasses the Big Bend, and the Indigenous peoples who live there are watching their livelihoods and way of life become endangered.In late 2015, the Belo Monte Dam project began redirecting water from the Xingu river upstream from the Big Bend, channeling it through a canal to a reservoir.Five years ago, the Big Bend was a river valley interwoven with river channels teaming with fish, turtles and other wildlife.

The Xingu river is revered as the “House of God” by the Indigenous people living along its Volte Grande, or Big Bend, in the Brazilian Amazon.

Very rare.” Some claim that this isn’t as rare as it appears… “These show up on this beach EVERY YEAR.” In any event, the incident is one that is proof of nature’s power and the sight should be appreciated by all who have the opportunity to witness it.NASA’s Landsat satellites (like the one illustrated above) have been monitoring changes on Earth’s landscape for 50 years. Viewers of the video are concerned that aliens may have went to work rolling these magnificent snowballs… “Aliens getting ready for a snowball fight?” And others are sharing their similar experiences… “We had a very similar thing called ‘snow rollers’ in Saskatchewan Canada. Two other incidents similar to this one occurred in Finland and Lake Michigan in 2015, but the chance of so many snowballs being rolled at one time is still considered rare. The video also shows several locals, sitting amongst the snowballs, proud of the rare environmental process that took place in their town. It looks as if a team of snowman builders went to work on the beach, as the balls are impeccable…perfectly rounded and lined up, covering eleven miles of the beach. In the video below you can see for yourself, how perfect the snowballs appear. It can be such an original combination that it results in the formation of balls like these,” said Sergei Lisenkov, press secretary of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute. Then comes a combination of the effects of the wind, the lay of the coastline, and the temperature and wind conditions. “As a rule, first there is a primary natural phenomenon - sludge ice, slob ice. The actual location of the snowball-covered beach is the village of Nyda, which lies on the Yamal Peninsula just above the Arctic Circle.

Sounds pretty simple, right? Well, it certainly has the residents in shock, as they had never seen such a site before.

The balls start out as ice, and the wind picks up speed and rolls them around, forming them into giant snowballs. This rare phenomenon was caused by wind and water, which in turn transformed the tiny pieces of ice into balls.