11-07-2019, 07:03 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50338447
(Source: Risso Mattila / Above article)
Thousands of egg-shaped balls of ice have covered a beach in Finland, the result of a rare weather phenomenon.
Amateur photographer Risto Mattila was among those who came across the "ice eggs" on Hailuoto Island in the Gulf of Bothnia between Finland and Sweden.
Experts say it is caused by a rare process in which small pieces of ice are rolled over by wind and water.
Mr Mattila, from the nearby city of Oulu, told the BBC he had never seen anything like it before.
"I was with my wife at Marjaniemi beach. The weather was sunny, about -1C (32F) and it was quite a windy day," he told the BBC.
Interesting stuff . Apparently, it's happened several times before in different parts of the world (for example, here is another example from Russia in 2016), but I don't recall seeing anything like it before.
Now, someone needs to assemble them into a legion of snowmen .
(Source: Risso Mattila / Above article)
Thousands of egg-shaped balls of ice have covered a beach in Finland, the result of a rare weather phenomenon.
Amateur photographer Risto Mattila was among those who came across the "ice eggs" on Hailuoto Island in the Gulf of Bothnia between Finland and Sweden.
Experts say it is caused by a rare process in which small pieces of ice are rolled over by wind and water.
Mr Mattila, from the nearby city of Oulu, told the BBC he had never seen anything like it before.
"I was with my wife at Marjaniemi beach. The weather was sunny, about -1C (32F) and it was quite a windy day," he told the BBC.
Interesting stuff . Apparently, it's happened several times before in different parts of the world (for example, here is another example from Russia in 2016), but I don't recall seeing anything like it before.
Now, someone needs to assemble them into a legion of snowmen .
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