Striped icebergs

Awesome pics of icebergs

by deleted 2 years ago (Mon, Apr 04, 2011) in Cool Stuff (SFW)

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striped icebergs

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deleted | 2 years ago | +17 -2
STRIPED ICEBERGS Icebergs in the Antarctic area sometimes have stripes, formed by layers of snow that react to different conditions. Blue stripes are often created when a crevice in the ice sheet fills up with melt water and freezes so quickly that no bubbles form. When an iceberg falls into the sea, a layer of salty seawater can freeze to the underside. If this is rich in algae, it can form a green stripe. Brown, black and yellow lines are caused by sediment, picked up when the ice sheet grinds downhill towards the sea. These pictures are available because 2008 has been the coldest winter. Antarctica Frozen Wave Pixs - Nature is amazing! The water froze the instant the wave broke through the ice. That's what it is like in Antarctica where it is the coldest weather in decades. Water freezes the instant it comes in contact with the air. The temperature of the water is already some degrees below freezing. Just look at how the wave froze in mid-air!!!
- Jfritz | 2 years ago | +5 -2
  The pictures do not show a giant wave somehow snap-frozen in the very act of breaking. The formation contains blue ice, and this is compelling evidence that it was not created instantly from a wave of water. Blue ice is created as the ice is compressed and trapped air bubbles are squeezed out. The ice looks blue because, when light passes through thick ice, blue light is transmitted back out but red light is absorbed. An article on the Alaska Science Forum notes: The color of ice can be used to estimate its strength and even how long it has been frozen. Arctic Ocean ice is white during its first year because it is full of bubbles. Light will travel only a short distance before it is scattered by the bubbles and reflected back out. As a result, little absorption occurs, and the light leaves with the same color it had when it went in. During the summer, the ice surface melts and new overlying ice layers compress the remaining air bubbles. Now, any light that enters travels a longer distance within the
  - Jfritz | 2 years ago | +1
    ice before it emerges. This gives the red end of the spectrum space enough to be absorbed, and the light returned at the surface is blue. Arctic explorers and mountain climbers know that old, blue ice with fewer bubbles is safer and stronger than white ice. An added bonus for explorers is knowing that floating camps built on blue ice will last longer. Thus, the deep blue colour suggests that the ice in the formation was built up slowly over time rather than formed instantly. Subsequent melting and refreezing over many seasons has given the formation its smooth, wave-like appearance.
    - deleted | 2 years ago | +7 -6
      Thank you Dr. Dipshit. Thank you for cleverly saving us from the fucked up and wrong life decisions we almost just made, You are a complete fucking genius.
      - Jfritz | 2 years ago | +3 -1
        Your welcome Mr. Layman. I felt a simple "uh-uh" would be rude.
        deleted | 2 years ago | +1 -4
        That's good...I felt a simple bump on my cock, you should go get your throat checked out.
        ConnieLynne | 2 years ago | +2
        Vertical stripes are from the iceburg flipping on it's side. They were originally horizontal layers.
        deleted | 2 years ago | +2
        as long as my lettuce is still green I'm happy
        CaptainFlyscratch | 2 years ago | +2
        That's because even Icebergs know that horizontal stripes are, like, not flattering...dur!
- AutoeroticAsphyxiation | 2 years ago | +1
  BULL DUNG!!! Thats from all the TOXIC GARBAGE we have puked into the ocean. But, at least its perDDy to look at- like me!
- Jfritz | 2 years ago | +1 -1
  but it's still bad-ass good find
- joeysoups69 | 2 years ago
  suck on that mr.gore
ImAlwaysTheAngel | 2 years ago | +3
Mother nature proving to us once again that there IS beauty in this world ; )
- deleted | 2 years ago | +2
  For some reason you saying "Mother nature" makes me picture hot milf skipping through the woods naked.
deleted | 2 years ago | +3
I find ice beautiful, especially when pouring Jack over it.......
PissFlap | 2 years ago | +2
It reminds me of one particular girlfriend - she was a fucking frigid as these.
deleted | 2 years ago | +2
Beautiful but fuck that I am tired of winter.. bring on SUMMER and naked women!!!!
- deleted | 2 years ago
  i agree! these pics just made me feel more cold than usual!
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