Maine's giant spinning ice disc looks like it's reforming
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Maine's giant spinning ice disc looks like it's reforming
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Re: Maine's giant spinning ice disc looks like it's reforming
#2An interesting phenomenon. Are we interested in it because it seems to be a rare and observable event that seems “magical”? Or is there a deeper search for meaning here?
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#3this is cursed
Re: Maine's giant spinning ice disc looks like it's reforming
#4An interesting phenomenon. Are we interested in it because it seems to be a rare and observable event that seems “magical”? Or is there a deeper search for meaning here?
I am certain that someone would have noticed this happening before. Maybe it is a symptom of climate change. Instead of ice being dammed up earlier in the river, it moves further down and freezes in the currents.
Re: Maine's giant spinning ice disc looks like it's reforming
#5An interesting phenomenon. Are we interested in it because it seems to be a rare and observable event that seems “magical”? Or is there a deeper search for meaning here?
Looked wikipedia.
"An unusual natural phenomenon, ice disks occur in slowly moving water in cold climates and can vary in size, with circles more than 15 metres (49 ft) in diameter..."
There has been few more of them around the world.
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Re: Maine's giant spinning ice disc looks like it's reforming
#7An interesting phenomenon. Are we interested in it because it seems to be a rare and observable event that seems “magical”? Or is there a deeper search for meaning here?
The near-perfection of the circular shape is what really makes it stand out. It's strange to see such regularity in natural phenomenons.
Re: Maine's giant spinning ice disc looks like it's reforming
#8An interesting phenomenon. Are we interested in it because it seems to be a rare and observable event that seems “magical”? Or is there a deeper search for meaning here?
I am certain that someone would have noticed this happening before. Maybe it is a symptom of climate change. Instead of ice being dammed up earlier in the river, it moves further down and freezes in the currents.
This sort of speculation harms the argument for climate change more than it helps it. To convince others, it's better to build a case on scientific fact and large-scale issues than one specific interest of a likely-natural oddity.
Re: Maine's giant spinning ice disc looks like it's reforming
#9An interesting phenomenon. Are we interested in it because it seems to be a rare and observable event that seems “magical”? Or is there a deeper search for meaning here?
The near-perfection of the circular shape is what really makes it stand out. It's strange to see such regularity in natural phenomenons.
maybe it's a ~logical result of taking the limit of a fractal ?
Re: Maine's giant spinning ice disc looks like it's reforming
#10An interesting phenomenon. Are we interested in it because it seems to be a rare and observable event that seems “magical”? Or is there a deeper search for meaning here?
The near-perfection of the circular shape is what really makes it stand out. It's strange to see such regularity in natural phenomenons.
Not really. Nature is full of beautiful symmetry