Look at this weird perfect circle of ice spinning in a river (video)

[pesco]

Originally published at: Look at this weird perfect circle of ice spinning in a river (video) | Boing Boing

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[Mindysan33]

[Jorpho]

A faereyie cyrcle devisèd by the frost trölls, clearly.

[cannibalpeas]

There’s a local swim spot called Split Rock that is literally a giant slab split in half by the eons of erosion. It opens into a pool and forms dozens of smaller disks (ca 6”) like this every year. I have a picture I’ll post if I can find it.

[jmv]

ALSO a perfect landing strip…for ALIENS!

[westcarleton]

A small one (one meter) in the creek behind my place. Imgur: The magic of the Internet

[MerelyGifted]

Fantastic!

winter sucks, but it can be pretty, and it does all kindsa weird sh!t.
olderboy-aesthethic

bunjywunjy
the speed limit for ghosts is also 25

Weird sand ‘chess pieces’ dot Lake Michigan shore. Here’s how they formed.

The sand pillars “made it seem like a different planet.”

Lake Superior ice boulders

http://www.pouted.com/massive-ice-boulders-found-huge-number-lake-michigan-shore/

Sheets of ice float on the river Oder near Frankfurt an der Oder, on the German-Polish border
Photograph: Patrick Pleul
(via Temperatures plunge in Europe – in pictures | World news | guardian.co.uk)

Coulda sworn I’d posted lotsa pics & vids of pancake ice (the technical term for the above ice formations), but after scouring my tumblr, this was all I found.

[timd]

That is so like the work of Andy Goldsworthy.

But better for being natural.