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   Retrograde to JAB   
   Re: Ice eggs, or ice balls   
   09 Feb 23 21:16:55   
   
   From: fungus@amongus.com.invalid   
      
   On 2023-02-08, JAB  wrote:   
   > Ice eggs, or ice balls, are a rare phenomenon caused by a process in   
   > which small pieces of sea ice in open water are rolled over by wind   
   > and currents in freezing conditions and grow into spheroid pieces of   
   > ice. They may collect into heaps of balls or 'eggs' on beaches.   
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_eggs   
      
   Very fun, very interesting.  Those are some cold temps though!   
      
   Nowadays there'd be some stupid conspiracy theory about them - created   
   by Jewish space lasers or some such thing.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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