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Friday, January 16, 2009

Spinning Ice Circles

On December 13th, 2008, This mysterious 'ice circle' appeared in, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. They occur at bends in the river where the accelerating water creates a force called 'rotational shear,' which breaks off a chunk of ice and twists it around. As the disc rotates, it grinds against surrounding ice - smoothing into a perfect circle.



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