Sun-snow in NW China

Snowflakes dance in the sunlight in Yinchuan, in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region December 17, 2009. This beautiful scene – which is described in Chinese as "sun-snow" – lasted 20 minutes on Thursday afternoon. Weather experts say the cold weather helps explain some of the snow, which fell from clouds that, unusually, did not cover the sun.[Xinhua]