The moon over Baikal glittered in different way, like you are looking at sable fur
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The major earthquake was 866km (538 miles) northeast of Yakutsk, capital of the Sakha Republic - also known as Yakutia.
Subsidence from old coal mine a possible cause of latest mystery hole.
New statistics on Saturday showed the vast scale of the human effort in Russia to halt a natural disaster that has destroyed swathes of woodland and taiga.
Epicentre in Republic of Khakassia, but tremors were felt over a wide area including Krasnoyarsk city.
The 5.3 tremor was felt over a wide area but was centred some 21km from Belovo in Kemerovo region.
Winter comes to summer including freak hailstorms, mega-flooding but also wild fires.
A day of mourning will be held on Thursday for the victims of a fatal five metre high avalanche that struck a group of seven teenagers.
Underground cryostorage facility will become largest in world, using Siberia's permafrost to naturally safeguard food and plants for 100 years.
World's coldest region defies its stereotype.
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