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TexasTowelie

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Mon Jan 21, 2019, 12:37 AM Jan 2019

Giant rotating ice disk stops moving

WESTBROOK, Maine (AP) — Maine's giant spinning ice disk that quickly gained international fame seems to have met its end.

The formation in the Presumpscot River in Greater Portland stopped rotating Wednesday, two days after a video of its mesmerizing movement was widely shared on social media.

The roughly 100-yard (91-meter) wide disk is lodged against the river's edge, preventing it from moving.

Meteorologist Ryan Breton tells the Portland Press Herald if the disk freezes into place, "that might be the end of it."

Read more: https://www.valleymorningstar.com/news/strange_news/giant-rotating-ice-disk-stops-moving/article_739e8bbd-b828-570a-959a-af30881c3ea4.html

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