Children of the Roma community play as they cool off in a fountain in the main square of Pristina, Kosovo on June 14, 2017. (Photo by Armend Nimani/AFP Photo)

Penitentes, or nieves penitentes (Spanish for “penitent-shaped snows”), are a snow formation found at high altitudes. They take the form of tall thin blades of hardened snow or ice, closely spaced with the blades oriented towards the general direction of the sun.

A donkey savors warming temperatures after a long winter at the zoo in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday, April 8, 2015. (Photo by Czarek Sokolowski/AP Photo)

Garry Stretch, who holds the Guinness World Record for having the stretchiest skin performs before he judges the auditions for the Circus of Horrors at Fairfield Halls on October 7, 2005 in London, England. Hundreds of people applied for a job in the circus after advertisments were placed in many of London's job centres. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Beluga the bog poses as Britney Spears during the 17th annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade October 28, 2007 in New York City. The event is the largest dog Halloween party in the United States with an annual attendance of over 400 costumed dogs. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

An ancient oak tree sits in a Shropshire field as the first signs of Spring begin to show across the United Kingdom on February 19, 2014 in Bridgnorth, England. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Model Natasha Poly poses on the red carpet as she arrives for the screening of the film “Carol” in competition at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, May 17, 2015. (Photo by Eric Gaillard/Reuters)