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Ah, now I understand that glaciers actually are made of a different kind of ice! I've seen glacier ice on numerous occasions, and it has a very blue tinge, unl
by jvdh 16y ago
Ah, now I understand that glaciers actually are made of a different kind of ice!
I've seen glacier ice on numerous occasions, and it has a very blue tinge, unlike normal ice. I now understand that that is probably one of the other ices that is formed at a very high pressure.
- JoeAltmaier 16y agoPure new snowbanks are blue inside too.
- almost 16y agoI don't think that's the reason. As far as I know it's just normal ice.
- ubernostrum 16y agoNo, glacier ice is blue for the same reason the ocean is blue; ice absorbs similar wavelengths to liquid water.
- jasondavies 16y agoI think it's more because air bubbles are squeezed out as the glacier moves, making it clearer than fridge ice which usually contains many air bubbles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_ice_(glacial) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_ice_(glacial)