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Physicists may have cracked the case of “Zen” stones balanced on ice pedestals – Ars Technica
The stone creates shade, causing variations in sublimation of the surrounding ice

Enlarge/ A laboratory reproduction of the Zen stone phenomenon in a lyophilizer.
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Visit the Small Sea of Lake Baikal in Russia during the winter and you’ll likely see an unusual phenomenon: a flat rock balanced on a thin…
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