Ice Circles

Posted by Alex in Paranormal, Pictures on September 10, 2008 at 1:10 am


Crop circles are so passé – the next big thing are … ice circles!

As circles and rings in ice-covered lakes and river-bays have become a relatively numerous documented phenomenon – especially in Scandinavian and other northern European and American countries, the latest case of an ice-circle in Russia (exact location and date of discovery unfortunately unknown) just adds another case of this most likely naturally caused circle-phenomenon.

Some believe that the natural explanation for this phenomenon are underwater vortices cause by through-running streams that follow natural outlines of bays and coves just as visible also in the above shown images, as well as differences in the water’s temperature that might impact also the forming of the above ice-structure in such a way.

However, some rare examples of geometrically more complex patterns put the above described theory to the test – at least if presented as a simple single vortex-system or as the sole explanation for all patters in ice.

Link | English Russia has more pics


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6 comments to "Ice Circles"

  1. Bobby the K
    September 10th, 2008 at 2:49 am

    I remember looking across the water at Wasaga Beach, Ontario. It was deep winter and out in the bay it was just huge donuts of ice against the black water.
    And also, when ice fishing I noticed small particles of ice joining each other and forming rings.

    I think the circle is a most profound shape, and it is behind most if not all natural processes.

    Humankind however, for the most part, thinks in a more linear crooked kind of way. And it's a reason for a lot of our problems.

  2. Mektoub
    September 10th, 2008 at 7:12 am

    As mentioned in the English Russia site comments of this news (it's rare to have an interesting comment on this site, the users totally s*** unlike at Neatorama) this is man made and not natural.
    One of the pictures shows a guy next to circles that are not achieved in the ice.
    Apart of that, I think that it's a beautiful concept.

  3. Neatoramawontsendmeapassword
    September 10th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

    It's aliens, I tell ya... aliens! The feet of their flying saucers melt the ice in a circular pattern, leaving a large circle of unmelted ice in the middle.

  4. Ali S.
    September 10th, 2008 at 10:05 pm

    @ Neatoramawontsendmeapassword

    Dude, ice aliens...totally saw them one night after a night of heavy drinking and thick snow fall. And then...ZAP! I was under the ice getting probed and stuff.

  5. Cathki
    September 11th, 2008 at 8:47 am

    Do you hold crop circles to be passe because they have been explained? Or because they haven't?

    If you know how they were created please tell!

    They haven't stopped occurring by the way -
    for example this is an August 08 formation in the UK (one of many 2008 formations, worldwide)

  6. Jenny
    December 23rd, 2008 at 5:32 am

    I found more here if anyone's interested


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