Twist the sphere around and as a result an enormous snow storm whirls around your miniature city. The cute effect reminds in nothing to the expected epic snow storm that is supposed to sweep the east coast of the United States.
The snow association within the globes is so strong, the desert variant is always a bit unexpected: gold sprinkles glitter in a desert storm to reveal the sphinx. This typical souvenir I bought during my years as a tour guide in Egypt (1990’s), there was also a variant in the form of a pyramid housing a sphinx. That was too beyond reaility…