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# Willow twig barometer at a reindeer farm in Shebalino in the Altai
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/barometr-na-olenei-ferme-v-shebalino-na-altae/
- Published: 2019-09-25T16:34:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:58:36.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Archive, Geography, Nature, Ethnography

A barometer on a reindeer farm at Shebalino in the Altai. The secret is that the "barometer" uses a willow twig. As the humidity rises, the twig loses its springiness and droops. Photograph by the American Dean Conger, who travelled in the USSR in 1966-75.