Maine residents are awestruck by an ice floe that has formed a perfect circle

Tina Radel/City of Westbrook via AP

• A perfectly symmetrical circle of ice has formed in the Presumpscot River in Westbrook, Maine.
• City officials say the 100-yard-wide ice floe was formed by a circular current in the river, which has been causing the ice sheet to continue rotating counter-clockwise.
• The rare site has become somewhat of a tourist attraction for Mainers, and a naturally occurring carousel for local birds.

A suburb of Portland, Maine is gaining international attention for the perfectly circular ice floe that has formed in a local river.

The ice floe started gaining attention when workers in nearby office buildings in Westbrook returned to work on Monday.

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