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Antaletriangle
02-15-2009, 09:18 PM
http://www.dailycognition.com/index.php/2008/08/11/amazing-pictures-of-color-striped-icebergs-in-antarctic.html




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 meltwater 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.

Here's what I mean...



More on the link above.

http://www.dailycognition.com/content/image/8/ice1.jpg

http://www.dailycognition.com/content/image/8/ice4.jpg


http://www.dailycognition.com/content/image/8/ice10.jpg

BROOK
02-15-2009, 09:29 PM
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing :original:

sunflower
02-15-2009, 09:57 PM
Hi Antale, these photos are so beautiful. Never saw anything like this on our Anararctic trip a few years ago even though what we saw was amazing. These are the creme a la creme! We did have a most extraordinary whale sighting though!

Antaletriangle
02-15-2009, 10:02 PM
Thanks for your replies-natural art at it's best-i would love to get down to Antarctica to do a long photo shoot-some very intersting scenarios and scapes down there.I love extreme terrains and conditions-makes you feel alive!!lol.

Dantheman62
02-15-2009, 10:02 PM
awesome pics, did you read some of the comments at the bottom of the pics? geez those people have issues! LOL!

Antaletriangle
02-15-2009, 10:05 PM
No, i didn't big Dan-are they madmen?