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I’m skeptical. Yea the images might look a bit different, but this could be due to colorization making it easier to see snow vs dirt and grass. The zoom on one

by xwdv 3y ago

I’m skeptical. Yea the images might look a bit different, but this could be due to colorization making it easier to see snow vs dirt and grass. The zoom on one of the images isn’t the same, you can’t just zoom on the one area that has glacier and crop out the rest of the water, and wide angles make everything look more dramatic. In real life it could just be a few acres. I’ve taken photos in small lakes that look like massive oceans, with barely a shoreline in sight.

hobobaggins 3y ago
It's definitely an odd article, and I'd like to see an actual before-and-after, rather than just some "comparison" shots from completely different angles, zoom, etc. It's not like they can't take the photo from the same position and location as the original, and the retouching makes it especially hard to tell how much photoshopping was actually done to possibly fit an agenda.
erk__ 3y ago
You can have a look at other sources such as PROMICE which keeps a look on it, they have recorded that they have been shrinking for the past 27 years: https://promice.org/2023/10/05/the-greenland-ice-sheet-has-receded-27-years-in-a-row/ https://promice.org/2023/10/05/the-greenland-ice-sheet-has-r... They also have the raw data since 1840 if you would like to look at that.
ars 3y ago
I don't know why you're being downvoted - I have the same issue. The photos just don't show that dramatic a change, if anything they show barely any change at all. The article makes it seem like we'll see some huge thing, but we don't. Some of the photos have tire tracks, and the change in ice is like the size of a few cars - that's not really much. I'm not saying there isn't a change, but these photos certainly don't show it.
- olddustytrail 3y ago
  Did the slider fail to load for you guys? I was wondering about the weird photos but it's very clear when you use the slider. It failed to load the first time for me.
- jacquesm 3y ago
  Maybe you missed the sliders? The effect is pretty dramatic and if you think they show 'barely any change at all' then I'm not sure how that's even possible. You're looking at an 'ice scape' in one version and in the later one there is running water everywhere to give but one example.
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by xwdv 3y ago

hobobaggins 3y ago

It's definitely an odd article, and I'd like to see an actual before-and-after, rather than just some "comparison" shots from completely different angles, zoom, etc. It's not like they can't take the photo from the same position and location as the original, and the retouching makes it especially hard to tell how much photoshopping was actually done to possibly fit an agenda.

erk__ 3y ago

You can have a look at other sources such as PROMICE which keeps a look on it, they have recorded that they have been shrinking for the past 27 years: https://promice.org/2023/10/05/the-greenland-ice-sheet-has-receded-27-years-in-a-row/ https://promice.org/2023/10/05/the-greenland-ice-sheet-has-r... They also have the raw data since 1840 if you would like to look at that.

ars 3y ago

I don't know why you're being downvoted - I have the same issue. The photos just don't show that dramatic a change, if anything they show barely any change at all. The article makes it seem like we'll see some huge thing, but we don't. Some of the photos have tire tracks, and the change in ice is like the size of a few cars - that's not really much. I'm not saying there isn't a change, but these photos certainly don't show it.

olddustytrail 3y ago
Did the slider fail to load for you guys? I was wondering about the weird photos but it's very clear when you use the slider. It failed to load the first time for me.
jacquesm 3y ago
Maybe you missed the sliders? The effect is pretty dramatic and if you think they show 'barely any change at all' then I'm not sure how that's even possible. You're looking at an 'ice scape' in one version and in the later one there is running water everywhere to give but one example.
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