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A series photos featuring strikingly beautiful and unusual icebergs…

By Eartheasy Posted Mar 1, 2010

iceberg_3 It’s easy to think of icebergs as large chunks of white glacier ice floating on cold grey seas, impressive by their size and varied shapes, but otherwise unremarkable to the casual observer. But as with all aspects of nature’s design, beauty and interest unfold in continuing layers as we look within. The images below, untouched by photo editing, reveal remarkable patterns and features within icebergs which are striking in their beauty while also telling a story of geology, history and climate to the curious eye.

The images below are sourced from dailycognition.com.

In the Antarctic region, icebergs sometimes have stripes, formed by layers of snow that react to different conditions. 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.

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Blue stripes are often created when a crevice in the ice sheet fills up with meltwater and freezes so quickly that no bubbles form.

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In the cold Antarctic region, water freezes the instant it comes in contact with the air. The temperature of the water is already some degrees below freezing. Here we see a wave froze in mid-air!

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These marvelous creations stun us with their simple visual beauty, and inspire us to be caring stewards of our natural environment.

Posted in Connect with Nature Tags icebergs, nature

Patience

This is beautiful!
Richard

Fantastic pictures. The second one with the stripes was the one that really made my jaw drop.
Rene

Fabulous pictures! Love the one with the stripes.
Rabbit Pearl

Icebergs are so mighty! great picture! a few years ago i travelled around and i been very north and saw some huge ice bergs , no picture can capture the beauty of them! amazing!
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its amazing but a recent UN report says that there will be no icebergs in 2035
Sam

Wow! Whoever knew icebergs could look like this. The last few look like frozen waves. Really beautiful.
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This is so amazing and beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing this.
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Woow, Fantastic Pictures
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I love that blue stripes. so, beautiful.
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Wow those are truly magnificent photos, I wish someday I can still see this.
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Such a great pictures you have of iceberg, they seem really beautiful. It is natural beauty which man can't create, but of course destroy.
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Extraodinaria belleza !!!
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Thank you so much for showing us these amazing photos of a world that most of us will never see. They are a natural work of art. I see some resemblances, interestingly, between the ice formations and formations of eroded rocks out in Arizona and Utah when I went on a few trips out there.
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Awesome photos…striped iceberg…I just can't believe it…Even if it is a frozen wave, I dare not stand under it.
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Wow, these photos are incredible! I had no idea that certain environmental conditions cause iceberg stripes. I love the very first photo the most – absolutely lovely.
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Amazing…….oh! yes I also have never seen snow before, and I wish i can in the near future…nice post, thks
Farooq

wow, its more than awsome, i wish someday i can get enough money to see these wonders of nature, they are perfectly carved, i mean, its mastery, actually more than that,,
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Amazing pics, thanks for sharing with us!
arunii

icebergs i miss in india but hope will see in other country soon thanks for amaging pics !
Noman

Nature is so beautiful. We have to protect it. Its a huge gift from God to all of us..
Divya Mahapatra

really, we are very harsh on nature. now we must pledge to regain the beauty of earth!