Giant spinning ice disk on Maine river goes viral

A spinning disk of ice is drawing visitors to a river in Maine and making quite a splash on social media.

The 100-yard frozen sheet is turning counter-clockwise as it sits in the Presumpscot River in the city of Westbrook, near Portland.

This aerial video shows the scale and speed of rotation.

The moon has crashed into the Presumpscot River. The City of Westbrook has now captured it on video.
https://t.co/0y4YTFnKFo https://t.co/0y4YTFnKFo

" GPCOG (@GPCOG207) January 15, 2019

Watch this time-lapse to see it spin faster.

Some observers are seeing the moon in the ice.

Perhaps our greatest fear is that the aliens *obviously* controlling The Disk have declared #Wallbagel a false idol and now plan a reckoning.

Now with time-lapse video.https://t.co/sQ0Qm3Ycok

" Portland Press Herald (@PressHerald) January 15, 2019

A Portland pizza shop sees the ice as a spinning Neopolitan pie.

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We've been telling you for years that our large pizza is bigger. The crew in Westbrook finally decided to prove it. #portlandpieco #reallybigpizza #icedisc #westbrookmaine #presumpscotriver

A post shared by Portland Pie Company (@portlandpieco) on Jan 14, 2019 at 7:16pm PST

Or it may be aliens from another planet.

Perhaps our greatest fear is that the aliens *obviously* controlling The Disk have declared #Wallbagel a false idol and now plan a reckoning.Now with time-lapse video. https://t.co/sQ0Qm3Ycok

— Portland Press Herald (@PressHerald) January 15, 2019