A slow river eddy can shape a turning disk of ice — ChillScroll

A large round disk of white ice floating in a dark snowy forest stream

A slow river eddy can shape a turning disk of ice

In cold, slow-moving water, a piece of surface ice may become caught in a rotating current. As it turns, water and nearby ice smooth its edge into an unusually round floating circle.

One winter coin turns slowly in the stream.

Source · National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences ↗