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As a result of nature, large "ice eggs" appear on Finnish beaches, and ice pancakes are also here to experience

As a result of nature, large "ice eggs" appear on Finnish beaches, and ice pancakes are also here to experience. Let me introduce the relevant content to you in detail.

According to foreign media reports on November 7, thousands of strange "ice eggs" magically appeared during a rare weather phenomenon in Finland. These *** egg-shaped ice balls are densely packed together and cover the entire Scandinavian beach on the island of Hailuoto in the Gulf of Bonnia.

▲Finnish beaches are covered with thousands of "ice eggs"

Risto Mattila, an amateur photographer living in the nearby Oulu region, captured this on the beach An extraordinary sight.

Experts said that this phenomenon is very rare and is caused by small ice cubes being continuously carried by wind and water and rolling larger and larger.

Risto said he had never seen anything like this before. "I was at Marianiemi Beach with my wife, and it was about one degree below zero, sunny and a little windy. There we discovered this amazing phenomenon. There were snow and ice balls all along the coastline."

< p> He said the pucks covered an area of ??nearly 100 feet (about 30 meters) and some were as big as footballs.

"Because I had a camera with me, I wanted to take a photo and preserve this unusual view for posterity."

In fact, this scene has happened before , including in Russia and Lake Michigan near Chicago.

In 2016, residents of Nida, Siberia, discovered many ice balls covering an 18-kilometer coastline. The smallest of these ice balls is about the size of a tennis ball, and the largest can reach 1 meter in diameter.

▲A similar phenomenon also occurred in Siberia in 2016

A similar phenomenon is the "ice pancake" that appeared in the Helmsdale River in the Scottish Highlands. This was due to ice Formed by blocks colliding with each other. Amateur photographer Daniel Norrie, 31, captured the relevant photos and videos.

▲The Helmsdale River is covered with "ice pancakes"