Dude, Where is my Foam?
Looks like we are having “Dude, Where is my …” day. Well, a leak in a storage freight one day left some Russian firefighters near Moscow wondering just where their foam went. They didn’t have to look far though: it had escaped to the river! Run free, foam, run free.
The Baptism Day
In Russia there are a few traditions for a Jesus Baptism Day. This day is celebrated in 19th of January and the night before the main tradition is to go bathing in some natural source of water.
So at this day usually the local rivers and lakes are full of the people wishing to commit this ritual, not minding the temperature of the air and of the water, which is usually just a half degree up the freezing point at this time of the year.
Also, many people in Russia believe that the water being picked up at Baptism Day has some sort of magic. It can be kept next 365 days without getting any smell or become rotten. So many collect the water at that night and keep it at home, drinking it from time to time during all the year.
Horror by the River
When the night comes to this small town in Russia its dwellers dress their into their best cloths and go to the promenade by the city river bank among the steel horror sculptures erected by unknown genius.
Soapy River
Probably many of you have seen the recent commercial stunt SONY corporation used in California using lot of soapy bubbles on the streets of the city.
Well, this small Russian river near St. Petersburg got its own version of soapy mania. No ads were involved and the reasons for many miles of foam coming to the nearest villages stays unclear. On the last photo you see Russian emergency service trying to fight the foam invasion in Leningrad Oblast.
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