Meterorologists on hand to explain away phenomenon

Just a few days after I discussed this.

Bizarre 'Ice Eggs' Stranded on Finnish Shore Go Viral – Photo

Grotesque oval ice formations created by a rare coincidence of factors on Hailuoto island in northern Finland have wowed netizens.

Sputnik,

6 November, 2019

Pictures of freaky “eggs” of various sizes captured by Oulu resident and amateur photographer Risto Mattila during a stroll on the nearby beach Marjaniemi in Ostrobothnia have become an Instagram hit.

By his own admission, this is is the first time Mattila has encountered this 30-metre assemblage of oval egg-shaped ice floes in the 25 years he has been living near the sea.

“My wife and I stood there marvelling at the remarkable natural phenomenon. Since I had a camera with me I decided to preserve this unusual sight for posterity”, Mattila told national broadcaster Yle.

Pictures of the weird formations, later published by Yle, left the Finnish public mystified and scratching their heads over how these may have appeared. Some joked about eggs without a hen to brood them.

Nothing Supernatural

Ice specialist Jouni Vainio of the Finnish Meteorological Institute explained that while indeed rare, the “ice eggs” have a perfectly scientific explanation.

To appear, they require a seldom seen combination of near-freezing air and water conditions.

“Too much wind would prevent the ball from forming. On the other hand, if calm, the water would just freeze on the beach in an even layer”, Vainio continued.

He also stressed that Mattila was lucky to encounter the eggs, because they only tend to appear for a short period of time, either melting down or congesting into a large chunk of ice, where individual objects are no longer discernible.

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Terror attack in Siberia

ISIS step up terror attacks: Russia knife attacker wounds seven in Surgut bringing total of 16 dead and almost 100 injured in 3 horrific days

ISIS terror attacks hit Russian city after attacks in Spain and Finland...

the Big Wobble,

19 August, 2017

A man armed with a knife has attacked pedestrians in the Russian city of Surgut, injuring seven. Police killed the assailant, the local branch of the Investigative Committee reported.

Yesterday Finland became the latest European country to suffer a terrorist attack as two people were killed and at least 6 others injured after a stabbing incident in the south-western city of Turku.

According to reports Police shot the attacker in the leg and arrested him, he was known to Police.Seven people have been wounded in a knife attack in the Russian city of Surgut, security sources say. The man, who apparently stabbed passers-by on the street at random, was shot dead by police.

The injured have been taken to hospital, where two are in a critical condition, the state-owned RIA Novosti news agency reports.

The Islamic State militant group (IS) said on its official news channel that it was behind the attack. Russia's Investigations Committee said it had identified the attacker and was checking his psychological history.

The attacker was a local resident born in 1994, it said.

A spokeswoman for the committee told Reuters news agency she would not comment on the possibility of terrorist motives, calling the attack "attempted murder".

The attack happened at about 11:20 local time (06:20 GMT).

An earlier statement said eight people had been wounded, but that was later revised to seven.

Surgut, about 2,100km (1,300 miles) east of Moscow in the Khanty-Mansiysk area of Siberia, has a population of more than 350,000.

Finland is the latest European country to suffer a terrorist attack yesterday as two people are killed and at least 6 others injured

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the Big Wobble,

19 August, 2017

Finland is the latest European country to suffer a terrorist attack yesterday as two people were killed and at least 6 others injured after a stabbing incident in the south-western city of Turku.

According to reports Police shot the attacker in the leg and arrested him, he was known to Police.

One of the victims, a woman, was stabbed several times in the neck on Friday. The victims were adults and three are in intensive care.Police have raided a flat and made a number of arrests overnight."We are investigating what their role is in this. Whether they had something to do with this act, or if they were just involved with this person," detective superintendent Markus Laine told Finnish news agency SST.The raided flat is in the Varissuo area of Turku, home to a large immigrant population.Earlier, Interior Minister Paula Risikko described the suspect as "foreign-looking" and linked the attack to the murder of 14 people in Barcelona, according to the BBC.