Nature is so effing amazing

[raxacorricofallapatorius]

"It’s no secret that people in the UK are forever complaining about the weather, but it seems this week they were well within their rights. For the first time ever a rare phenomenon usually only seen in extremely cold countries was spotted on the River Otten in Devon.

A massive spinning ice circle caught the attention of Roy Jefferies as he was walking his dog by the river last Wednesday morning. Measuring a whopping 10 ft in diameter, the rotating disc sat stationary in the river where two currents merge.

Mr Jefferies called a friend, Mr Blisset, who lived nearby, and just happens to have an interest in the strange and bizarre. He identified the ice disc as a true rare specimen."

I'd never heard of these before, and assumed it was some kind of "crop circle" type of thing, but apparently it *is* real.

Here's one in Ontario, Canada, that was filmed while spinning.

More photos here.

Comments

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

Now how cool is that?! I've never even heard of such a thing! Thanks for sharing that!

[mobobocita.livejournal.com]

Weird!

I wonder if those become whirlpools in normal weather....