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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Ice floe on Minnoch









Short video of this incredible natural phenomenon captured by Andy Priestman at the River Minnoch.

Natural ice phenomenon on the River Minnoch (Glen Trool)

Hopefully we've got an expert in fluid mechanics to explain why the ice forms into circular pans...
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  1. McGonagallMarch 29, 2011 at 7:04 PM

    Och - away wae ye - ye think Ah cannae tell paper plates when Ah see thum?

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  2. The CommontyMarch 29, 2011 at 8:20 PM

    Click on the link above you hirsute poet...

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  3. The CommontyMarch 29, 2011 at 10:24 PM

    Valerie Harrison (@wildforms) sent this in via Twitter:
    could it be frozen bubbles caught in eddies? Took this photo last year at Ardwell http://twitpic.com/4eplmn

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  4. The CommontyMarch 30, 2011 at 7:29 AM

    Bless their little cotton socks. Wikipedia as always has the answer.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_circle

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  5. Will Levi MarshallMarch 30, 2011 at 8:28 AM

    Nice post wish I had seen them ;)

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