A new ice disk is forming in a Maine river ' almost exactly a year after the last one went viral

A Maine river appears to be forming a new ice diskalmost exactly one year after a previous ice disk received international attention.Last year's disk measured roughly 100 yards.It received a devoted webcam, and sparked conspiracy theories about aliens.Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.What goes around comes around.An ice disk appears to be forming in the same Maine river where an unusually large one formed last winter and quickly gained international fame.The City of Westbrooktweeted an aerial view of the diskin the Presumpscot River with the message: "ICE BREAKING NEWS: Ice Disk 2020 is making a run for it...It's not a perfect circle yet, but it is rotating counter-clockwise again & the seagulls are along for the ride."The ice formation comes just about a year aftera disk measuring about 100 yardswas spotted in the Presumpscot River. It eventually had a devoted webcam; social media users compared it to an alien spacecraft and the moon; and ducks used it as a raft.It even prompted a bizarre stuntone New Jersey man tried to hack the disk into a peace sign using a chainsaw and an ax. It didn't work.Eventually, warming temperatures melted the disk.A videoof the disk shows a nascent ice blob that is thinner and less circular than the famous disk of 2019.Read more:Nike's controversial Vaporfly shoes powered the world's 2 fastest marathoners to victory. When I tried them, it felt like running on rocking horses.A mysterious and deadly virus from China could have infected 35 times more people than official totals, scientists warnElon Musk says he plans to send 1 million people to Mars by 2050 by launching 3 Starship rockets every day and creating 'a lot of jobs' on the red planetScientists created carbon-sucking 'Frankenstein' bricks using microbes. The material can spawn its own babies.Join the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: A podiatrist explains heel spurs, the medical condition Trump said earned him a medical deferment from Vietnam
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