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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
Not that large
Maine's giant spinning ice disc looks like it's reforming
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Not really. Nature is full of beautiful symmetry
Not that large
I don’t know the earth is pretty big :) It is a near perfect circle, as are all the other planets & moons we observe. Maybe the rings of Saturn?
Just kidding around really, but I have to imagine that pockets of circular water currents like this, are more common than we would think.
We just can’t easily observe the dynamics of water flow until something like this happens, where a bunch of ice builds up and makes it obvious.
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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.
It's an observation, not a statement of fact.
>large-scale issues
Oh, so since this is an isolated phenomenon that it is your preference to ignore this as evidence for your cause because it doesn't meet your criteria. That's not science either.
>This sort of speculation harms the argument for climate change more than it helps it.
What? Do you get mad at people for saying "it looks like rain"?
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Not that large
I don’t know the earth is pretty big :) It is a near perfect circle, as are all the other planets & moons we observe. Maybe the rings of Saturn? Just kidding around really, but I have to imagine that pockets of circular water currents like this, are more common than we would think. We just can’t easily observe the dynamics of water flow until something like this happens, where a bunch of ice builds up and makes it ob…
The earth is pretty lumpy, what with mountains and oceans, and the earth is where I learned the term "oblate spheroid".
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Not really. Nature is full of beautiful symmetry
Not that large
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn's_hexagon
> Saturn's hexagon is a persisting hexagonal cloud pattern around the north pole of the planet Saturn, located at about 78°N.[1][2][3] The sides of the hexagon are about 14,500 km (9,000 mi) long,[4][5][6][7] which is more than the diameter of Earth[8] (about 12,700 km (7,900 mi).
Re: Maine's giant spinning ice disc looks like it's reforming
#16Good, it was getting awfully corrupt
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don’t know the earth is pretty big :) It is a near perfect circle, as are all the other planets & moons we observe. Maybe the rings of Saturn? Just kidding around really, but I have to imagine that pockets of circular water currents like this, are more common than we would think. We just can’t easily observe the dynamics of water flow until something like this happens, where a bunch of ice builds up and makes it ob…
The earth is pretty lumpy, what with mountains and oceans, and the earth is where I learned the term "oblate spheroid".
Less lumpy than a billiard ball. The mountains and trenches only seem significant because the whole thing is so big. Totally not a perfect sphere though, yeah.
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#18An 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.
Agreed (though circle is pretty common, but,) has anyone ever seen any trace of a mandelbrot-shaped feature anywhere in nature? (I mean the whole set, not just seahorses/etc) I'm on the hunt!
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Not that large
I don’t know the earth is pretty big :) It is a near perfect circle, as are all the other planets & moons we observe. Maybe the rings of Saturn? Just kidding around really, but I have to imagine that pockets of circular water currents like this, are more common than we would think. We just can’t easily observe the dynamics of water flow until something like this happens, where a bunch of ice builds up and makes it ob…
Earth is a disk?