Phenomenon? Lake Erie Ice 'Donuts' Are a Rarity in Nature
Do you know if there's an explanation for this?
Patch reader and Avon Laker Chet Roberts snapped these photos off Miller Road Park the evening of Feb. 13. "Take a look at these ice donut holes I shot at Miller Road Park earlier this evening," Roberts said in an email. "Maybe one of your readers will know why water would form into a donut shape and then freeze. (It's the first time I've seen something like this!" He snapped the pictures from the fishing pier looking west. We searched the Internet for similar photos and found only a few. The closest picture was this one taken in 2007 of ice circles, which more resemble donuts than traditional ice circles. This photo of new and old ice discs was taken near a Lake Erie beach---in Michigan. This one was taken by a photographer near a tiny …
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11:21 pm on Thursday, February 14, 2013
I've seen them before too. I've also seen late one night off the shore at the Folger Home, what looked like bright lights arcing under the surface of the water but it was to far out to say what was doing it. At first I thought it was lightening but it was coming from under the water, not above.It was moving from spot to spot . Has anyone every seen this? more ›