Perfectly round island in north Sweden/Lapland
by Jakob Keck, Germany
A perfect circular grass island on a sandbank in the Rahpaselet, the valley and river delta of the Rahpaädno river in Sarek national park, Sweden. I am still searching for an answer how this circle of grass could have been formed, please let me know if you have an idea how it could have happened.
I could imagine that the phenomenon is connected to the formation of an ice disk in winter but I cannot think of a reason why this should result in a circular grass area.
Taken on 5
September
2017
Submitted on 30 December 2017
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- Europe (3430)
- Northern Europe (805)
- Sweden (76)
- Exact location (17.7907 E, 67.2728 N)
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lake, island, river, arctic, permafrost, grass, sarek, circle, ice disk, ring
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Credit: Jakob Keck (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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