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posted by chromas on Wednesday January 16 2019, @04:01PM   Printer-friendly
from the IceDiskDrive dept.

News of crop circles come and go, but when is the last time you saw a rotating ice circle? A disk of ice approximately 100 yards in diameter has been spotted in the Presumpscot River in Westbrook, Maine:

This week in the city of Westbrook, Maine, a huge, rotating circle of ice formed on the Presumpscot River. While it seems like it could be an omen of the impending apocalypse or a particularly low-effort attempt at a crop circle by extraterrestrials, in reality it appears to be another example of a natural yet rare phenomenon resulting from some simple physics.

Photos taken by and the city of Westbrook's marketing & communications manager, Tina Radel, show the gigantic disk of ice appearing to have a surface area larger than a nearby, multi-story parking garage. True to municipal form, the city also published a video of the ice disk with a dramatic soundtrack:

Pictures and videos in the story require Javascript; videos are posted to YouTube and Vimeo.

Additional coverage at the Portland Press Herald.


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by canopic jug on Wednesday January 16 2019, @06:26PM

    by canopic jug (3949) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday January 16 2019, @06:26PM (#787484) Journal

    You can do these with a good chainsaw and a rope. If you really want to set it spinning then an outboard motor won't hurt either. These ice carousels were all the rage two years ago [sitra.fi].

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