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02-15-2009, 09:18 PM | #1 |
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Have a look at these striped icebergs-beautiful.
http://www.dailycognition.com/index....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. |
02-15-2009, 09:29 PM | #2 |
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Re: Have a look at these striped icebergs-beautiful.
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing
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02-15-2009, 09:57 PM | #3 |
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Re: Have a look at these striped icebergs-beautiful.
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!
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02-15-2009, 10:02 PM | #4 |
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Re: Have a look at these striped icebergs-beautiful.
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.
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02-15-2009, 10:02 PM | #5 |
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Re: Have a look at these striped icebergs-beautiful.
awesome pics, did you read some of the comments at the bottom of the pics? geez those people have issues! LOL!
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02-15-2009, 10:05 PM | #6 |
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Re: Have a look at these striped icebergs-beautiful.
No, i didn't big Dan-are they madmen?
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