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Rare "ice pancakes" formed on rivers in Scotland and England

Added	Mon, 19/12/2022
Источники	earth-chronicles.ru
Дата публикации	Mon, 19/12/2022
Версии	The formation of ice and snow over the pond

Dozens of amazingly perfect circles of ice, known as "ice pancakes," have appeared on the surface of a Scottish river after temperatures in the UK unexpectedly plummeted.

Callum Sinclair, project manager of the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative (SISI), spotted the stunning round ice floes on December 9 on the River Bladnoch in Wigtownshire, Scotland. Photos of unusual ice pancakes made by Sinclair were posted on SISI's Twitter page on December 13, along with a short video showing how the ice discs collide with each other and are washed downstream by a fast current.

According to the UK Meteorological Office, ice pancakes are relatively rare structures that tend to form in very cold oceans, lakes and rivers.