MAINE – Due to the popularity of the Westbrook, Maine Ice disk Mainers are sharing photos of the ice disks they have spotted. Ice disks are a rare and rarely photographed natural phenomena when accelerating water creates a force called rotational shear, the water slowly turns the ice and sheers off the edges of the ice until its rounded. Ice circles form under only specific circumstances and those often change rapidly making ice circles quick to disappear as well.
As you can see by the following photos Ice disks form in a variety of sizes.
