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Spinning Ice Circle in Russia

A rotating ice disc in a river in the Omsk region of Russia. The website ScienceAlert explained the phenomenon: “These ice discs are spinning because they’re melting, and that melting water spins as it sinks below the discs.”

Footage of an unusual natural phenomenon occuring in a river in Russia, whereby a circular “ice disc” is turning slowly in the water. The video, filmed in Omsk Oblast in January, shows the amazing phenomenon, which can see rotating ice discs reach nearly 50ft in diameter. Shotlist 1. Various of ice disc.

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Spinning Ice Circle in Russia

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS May 6, 2016

A rotating ice disc in a river in the Omsk region of Russia. The website ScienceAlert explained the phenomenon: “These ice discs are spinning because they’re melting, and that melting water spins as it sinks below the discs.”

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