WESTBROOK, Maine (AP) 鈥� Maine's famous rotating ice disk is back.
The disk has begun to form in the Presumpscot River, where it but failed to draw a worldwide audience like in its
Westbrook city officials shared photos of the formation Wednesday encouraging residents to share more images of the disk while it鈥檚 still around.
Ice disks form as a result of a current and vortex under the ice. Ice sheets begin to spin and then form into circles. But ice disks this large rarely form in locations like Westbrook.
City officials discouraged anyone from attempting to go out on the ice: "It is not safe."
Three years ago, a 100-yard-wide (91 meters) ice formation appeared in the river for the first time and brought international attention to Westbrook
The Associated Press
