"Methane emissions from decaying plants can create a rising mass of warm water that begins swirling in a circular pattern. Once the water mass reaches the underside of the ice on the surface of the lake, the warm water melts the ice in a ring shape,"
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Lake Elkhorn circles mystery solved
It took a little internet research to finally solve the frozen circle mystery. Here is what I found.
"Methane emissions from decaying plants can create a rising mass of warm water that begins swirling in a circular pattern. Once the water mass reaches the underside of the ice on the surface of the lake, the warm water melts the ice in a ring shape,"
"Methane emissions from decaying plants can create a rising mass of warm water that begins swirling in a circular pattern. Once the water mass reaches the underside of the ice on the surface of the lake, the warm water melts the ice in a ring shape,"
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