英國極寒天氣下河面出現"冰雪薄餅"

An amateur photographer has captured incredible "ice pancakes" as temperatures in Scotland dropped to -12℃.

當蘇格蘭地區的氣溫降至零下12攝氏度時，一位業餘攝影愛好者在當地捕捉到了不可思議的"薄餅冰"。

The striking phenomenon usually occurs only in the Arctic or Baltic Sea. But Andy Williams snapped the images of the ice frozen in a flat, round shape on the Ullapool River in the Highlands.

這一奇觀通常只出現在北極地區和波羅的海。安迪·威廉姆斯卻在蘇格蘭高地的烏拉普爾河的河面上捕捉到了凝固成扁平圓形的冰塊。

The 55-year-old said: "I do voluntary bird surveys for the British Trust for Ornithology and I was just out doing a coastal bird survey. I walked past the mouth of the river and ice was forming there. I've seen it many times off the sea off Greenland. I haven't seen it in Scotland before. It was why I took the snaps."

這名55歲的目擊者表示：“我是負責爲英國鳥類學基金做自願的鳥類調查的。當時我正在外出做一項關於沿海鳥類調查。當我走過河口時，我發現冰塊已經形成了。在格陵蘭島附近的海域上，我已經見過這種冰很多次了。但是在蘇格蘭，我之前還從未見過。這就是爲什麼我拍下了照片。”

Pancake ice's elevated rims are formed when slush piles up as they collide. Ice pancakes often eventually meld together to form sheet ice.

當雪泥聚集在一起發生碰撞後，其邊緣拱起，便形成餅狀冰。通常，多塊餅狀冰最終會凍結在一起，形成片狀冰。