Andy @RevkinWith the #polarvortex moderating we got out to Lamoine Beach in balmy 4°F & 20-knot winds and found some remarkably strange knobbly ice balls arrayed in remarkable neat patterns. I know it's all physics but sure can get weird results! Start close up then zoom out.. 🧵⤵️..
Anyone familiar with this phenomenon? #Maine sub-zero cold makes floating giant hailstones... ⤵️
Sun makes a polar freeze bearable, but when I took off gloves to shoot these clips, it only took about 30 seconds for the burn to build. Recalls my 2003 reporting on AK's North Slope (-35F w/o wind chill) and on the sea ice at the North Pole (-15F): https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/pages/science/sciencereport/index.html /fin