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icebergs turn over quite often, as the seawater eats away at the bottom until they become top-heavy. When they do you get that really strange brilliant blue col
by jberryman 11y ago
icebergs turn over quite often, as the seawater eats away at the bottom until they become top-heavy. When they do you get that really strange brilliant blue color which comes from dense glacial ice which has had all the air bubbles forced out.
- stevesearer 11y agoHere was a funny recent story regarding different iceberg photos with that effect: http://petapixel.com/2015/02/03/contest-copyright-controversy-crazy-coincidence/ http://petapixel.com/2015/02/03/contest-copyright-controvers...
- jberryman 11y agoHa I love that story! Very postmodern
- theandrewbailey 11y agoThat blue is unearthly. like this: http://www.alexcornell.com/antarctica/ http://www.alexcornell.com/antarctica/ and this: http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~tonyt/Tonys_site/My_Albums/Pages/dome_c_2004.html#39 http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~tonyt/Tonys_site/My_Albums/Pag...