Baltic Sea Ice Balls
Every winter photographer Aleksandr Abrosimov strolls on Stroomi Beach in Estonia, “I’m watching the sea every year anew,” he says. But this winter was particularly unique - as many scoops of ice filled the beach! As eggs from mysterious animals they appeared, five to ten centimeters thick clumps, enthuses Abrosimov. “When I see the pictures my friends, I imagined dinosaur eggs, Monster caviar or tennis balls,” he says.
Science has a simple explanation for the phenomenon: In shallow water, ice crystals, which present with mild surf and back splash form. In icy temperatures, the water freezes and moves slowly to the bottom - and the beads are increasingly turned to ice. The constant movement of the ice ensures that the lumps turn to balls.
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