A monolithic ice disk thatfirst appeared in Maine in 2019 , spin slowly and ominously on the Presumpscot River in the town of Westbrook , is back . Personally , I welcome the return of our glacial disc overlord and urge all my fellow mortals to rejoice in its sullen return . The chalk disk cometh once more !
Science articulate that the disk is a somewhat rarified but totally lifelike phenomenon that ’s been observed since the nineties when the weather gets moth-eaten . float , absolutely circular magnetic disc of frosting have appeared not just in Westbrook , but on a number of rivers and current ( but never lake or ponds ) when the mercury dips .
There are a pair of theories about how these blow crop circles form . Some studiessuggestthat temperature changes in the water around the ice can help make a vortex in the water , which whirl the ice above it . Other scientist put forward that ice can get stand by in aspin above eddiesin river bends , catching still more ice in its sludgy pirouette . The shoring helps sandpaper down the ice as it spin , helping the record contour . Interesting “ theories , ” indeed . Science , however , has yet to prove that these disks are not portals to Hell . As such , I am offering my body in the military service of science . I will rally the ice disk straight to whatever attribute it sure as shooting leads to .
The disk, pictured January 13.Photo: Robert F. Bukaty (AP)
While ice phonograph recording can be found stray in the natural state in a fistful of situation , the Westbrook ice disc holds a peculiar stead in the dark pages of ice-skating rink disk history for its monumental size of it . The one that work on the Presumpscot in 2019 was estimated to be about 300 feet ( 91 meters ) across , much larger than other saucer that have been find . “ It might be a creation - record size , if anybody were keep track , ” Kenneth Libbrecht , a professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology , enjoin the New York Times . ( Foolish mortals ! We must learn to listen all the icy signals from the underworld that come our way . )
As befits such a proud and beautifully terrifying omen of the depths , masses catch passing excited about it when it first form . The 2019 platter of icing made headlines in outlets around the globe . Tourists flocked to Westbrook to ascertain the disk spin , boosting the local economyduring the normally obtuse wintertime season . The metropolis of Westbrook put together asweeping , Oscar - worthy trailer for the phonograph recording . Ducksused it as a stack . A man sample ( and go wrong ) to chip at a giant peace sign into the disc . Local restaurants made up specials for the magnetic disk ( which include , per the Portland Press Herald , “ Ice Disk pizza with Alfredo sauce , ” a cupcake with a sugar cookie disk on top , “ Ice Disk cosmos , ” and margarita with float lime “ disks ” ) . The disk even produce its ownTwitter account .
When the disk got caught and stop spinning , a brave paddleboarder took it upon himself to utilise an ice pickaxe toset the disk freeand resume its slow , minatory twirl . These enactment of cultism to the saucer were not enough , though ; just a few days after it collect worldwide fame , the disk wasfrozen in place by surrounding ice , ceasing its languorous spin . Clearly the saucer demands more .
The disk formed partially in 2020 , but failed to becharm the full glory of 2019 . Now , however , the disk is back , forming a unexampled trunk to churn slow through our deathly coil . And it is incumbent on us to treat it with the obedience it deserves . reckon everything the world has been through since the last meter the disc appeared , this is surely an omen . While scientists may attempt to explicate it off , I have another choice : I will take one for the remainder of man and offer myself to the phonograph record as tribute . If that entail surf it to the icy depths of Hell , so be it . Hail the magnetic disc !
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