(ORDO NEWS) — Nature creates the most amazing things. So, for example, one traveler found a thin, perfectly round ice pancake near the Monroe River.
Dan Brown (the name of the traveler) took it and shared the photo on social networks.
The man was traveling in Scotland with his father. They saw a rare phenomenon near a waterfall in a hollow on Bein Bhuid Mountain, on the southern side of Lochan Shire.
The area there is quite picturesque, but difficult to pass. Father and son planned a bicycle ride, but were forced to drag the vehicle on themselves due to a sudden snowfall.
When the snow stopped falling, the travelers decided to take a break and collect pure mountain water. Here they noticed a circle of ice.
Dan and his father say they have never seen anything like it before. It is also interesting that the pancake rotated due to the movement of water. It seemed as if he was dancing.
The Meteorological Bureau commented on the finding. Experts say that such pancakes can reach up to 200 cm in diameter and are observed in nature very rarely.
Most often, they are formed in the Baltic Sea or near the coast of Antarctica. They can also be seen in the Great Lakes (USA and Canada).
Pancakes from ice can be formed only under specific conditions. In the seas and oceans, they draw their outlines when the waves hit the ice floes against each other, rounding them.
Then edges are formed on the edge of the ice floes, which appear when splashes of water collide.
This is possible on the river, provided that the foam formed by the strong current begins to freeze.
The foam connects, is drawn into the vortex and takes the shape of a circle. Such icicles are very fragile and viscous in their texture, so in no case should you try to jump on them.
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