Thousands of ice balls, ranging from the size of baseballs to large exercise balls, have washed up on Lake Michigan's icy shore, according to staff at Holland State Park in Michigan. A brutal arctic blast in the Midwest triggered the phenomenon.
Ice balls, that is.Thousands of them washed up on Lake Michigan's icy shore Friday.Staff posted about the natural curiosity on the park's Facebook page."We went down to the beach to check on things and we saw these large ice balls," park supervisor Sean Mulligan told the Detroit Free Press."I had heard of them before, but I hadn't ever seen them.
Antarctica just registered its hottest temperature everIce balls form when turbulent water near the shore breaks up a layer of slushy ice, according to CNN Weather.The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids said Friday that it"finally got cold enough" for the ice balls to form on Lake Michigan. A brutal arctic blast in the Midwest triggered the phenomenon.Although ice balls occur every winter, they usually form earlier in the season.
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