Amazing Pictures of Color Striped Icebergs in Antarctic

Amazing Pictures of Color Striped Icebergs in Antarctic

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...

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Date: 11 Aug 2008 | Author: mesmerX | Category: Pictures | Views: 77387 | Comments: 54

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Eliad | 29 Nov 2008 - 23:42

O-M-G .. !!~
THATS SO F*CKING COOL ..
THIS IS REAL?

Hila | 29 Nov 2008 - 19:33

cool!! xD

Autumn | 24 Nov 2008 - 16:52

Why don't you all stop bitching about how or how not the earth was made and just enjoy the pictures and the earth for what they are; pretty. Stop trying to see the forest for the tree's for once.
~~Christ!~~.

| 13 Nov 2008 - 10:13

these make me think of aquafresh (?) toothpaste--bet you could sell these pix to them!
I DO want to THANK the photographer--these are awesome, I am NOT likely to travel to this area, and I am much warmer right now then you were when you took these!

Kevin | 31 Oct 2008 - 13:19

If God didn't believe in science, he would not have given us the ability to think for ourselves.

| 30 Oct 2008 - 00:24

athiests running around telling everyone how stupid they are for believing in god are just as bad as super extreme religious people. get over it, who cares if people believe in god.

Brett | 24 Oct 2008 - 22:27

None of you get the last word.

mesmerX | 26 Sep 2008 - 11:57

Saying "god created the world" is the easy way out or an excuse of not having to understand the complexities of physics, science, nature, biology and the world at large.

God is only an illusion forced upon you by parents, society, and media. Nothing else. It's in your head. Doesn't exist. Never has.

simon | 25 Sep 2008 - 07:16

i don't think that the people who attribute beautiful things like this ice to the creator are saying there isn't a natural explanation - just saying that they believe that God created everything and should be acknowledged as such. Thats what i think anyway - the more i find out about how things work in the world, the more i believe God created it - not the other way around.

Jody | 12 Sep 2008 - 09:09

@ Shaggy.

I'm an atheist but it's refreshing to see someone on the internet who believes in god but also believes in common sense! Thanks.

BK | 7 Sep 2008 - 02:51

wow this is so beautiful....i wish i could see all this before i die.....its just amazing !!

Shaggy | 4 Sep 2008 - 14:11

Honestly...I think bible beaters just need to throw their computers out the window of a 30 story building and move on. I'm religious and believe, but c'mon...this is nature. Why can't we all just look at it's glory for a second and realize just how powerful and beautiful the forces of this planet are. God created us and everything around us...which means he also created science and everything that it's research brings. Religion has robbed so many people of something we call freedom of thought it's sickening. My prayers to God every night included a prayer for every self-rightious bible thumper that goes around sayin everything's wrong or a sin....Fuckin'-A you guys....grow the fuck up and use the most powerful organ God gave you. AKA your brain!

BTW....beautiful pictures...I hope someday my travels will allow me to see such beauty in person.

confused.com | 2 Sep 2008 - 17:44

how does everything turn into a religious debate?

| 2 Sep 2008 - 15:21

There is a lot of arrogance in these comments. This is a good thing because it takes a lot of arrogance to think that the laws of nature 'just happened'.

BondServant | 2 Sep 2008 - 11:01

Everyone believes in something, even an Atheist.
The fact of the matter is that you who don't believe are afraid to believe. Inside you are full of forgiveness and anger. You have tried everything else under the Son, why not try believing in Him. It won't cost you a penny, but will change your life.

s | 27 Aug 2008 - 23:01

People believing bothers me because of all the atrocities done in God's name! Think of how many wars are started over religion... think of how much intolerance religion has caused... think of how little people use their brains when its easier for them to say "it must be a work of god" (this website is an example of that). Belief in God has robbed so many people of proper morals and critical thinking power. So to say that their belief doesn't bother me is a HUGE overstatement!

mesmerX | 26 Aug 2008 - 17:26

Yea good point. Believe in god, or know god is imaginary. Same thing. We'll all live a so-so life and die anyway.

devils advocate | 26 Aug 2008 - 07:25

so does either side have proof weather god is real or god is fake. personally i feel arguing over it is a waste of time. if someone wants to believe in god what does that bother you that they have faith. and if you believe there is a god whats wrong if someone else dosent believe in god that wont affect you. so to bicker so childishly about a compleatly unproveable topic is pointless the pictures can be seen as beautiful as some. others see it as a work of sience and others choose to use it to conferm their faith in god as long as there not hurting any one i dont see the need in bashing somones beliefs and i also feel its wrong to push your cristian or any other beliefs on some one else

God_is_fake | 23 Aug 2008 - 19:43

FAITH: "A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny".

In other words...

It's believing something with ABOSULETY ZERO EVIDENCE to support it.

In other words person who has faith is engaging in: stupidity, self-denial and ignorance of FACT.

It's a FACT that you jump of a 50 meter building (no matter who you are), you'll DIE. Because you can prove it with observational results.

But when someone believes in anything (like GOD), that has no observational evidence or proof, they're engaging in: stupidity, self-denial and ignorance of FACT.

But wait...

A god believer or Santa-clause believer doesn't look at it that way.

They'll come up and/or create all sorts of evidence out of the blue, in order to justify for what they believe is REALLY TRUE.

For example...

A Santa-clause believer won't consider FACTS like:

1) Santa-clause was a concept designed by Coca-Cola in 1880's.

2) We have never seen a flying reindeer anywhere.

3) If Santa had to carry present for every child in a typical 3-million people city, that would equate to over 6,000 TONS of presents (considering each present is 200 Grams) with size of a football field. And he's supposed to fit it in his little backpack.

A believer in "Santa-clause" doesn't care about above stated FACTS. They'll STILL discard it and try to justify why Santa still exists.

That's exactly what a GOD believer does. You'll hear "yea but XYZ". And ofcourse the XYZ that follows is their justification for why their belief is STILL TRUE.

See, the older something is, the less questioned it'll be for it's authenticity. Because people subconsciously think "Well if this concept is so old, there's no way it's inaccurate".

This especially applies to religion or God. (Something they create in their minds using power of imagination (thanks for right brain.))

If you took away human ability to imagine or invent a concept, God concept would not exist.

This entire dilemma can be classified under category of faith.

s | 22 Aug 2008 - 02:20

the only important things are in the Bible? Give me a break!!! The next time you're sick or injured do you really want the doctor to open the bible and consult it for medical procedures!?!? Does the bible include all the steps for giving someone CPR? What about the details of perfoming an open heart surgery? I don't remember seeing those things in the bible. But if we all just stand around a dying person and prey, everything will all work out; don't bother giving them expert medical attention!!!!

| 21 Aug 2008 - 12:57

PRETTY SHARP, I JUST HOPE THEIR OK FOR THE INHABITANTS IN THE OCEAN. I BELIEVE THAT THESE CHUNKS OF FRESH WATER ICE ON WERE PUT ON THIS PLANET HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO JUST FOR THE PURPOSE FOR DELETING LIFE ON EARTH IF NEED BE. SINCE THIS IS WHATS BEING DONE NOW. STOP AND THINK DINOSAURS HAVE BEEN FOUND ALL OVER THE PLANET INCLUDING IN ICE. SO HOW DID LARGE CHUNKS OF ICE IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD AS TO NOT BE TOO MUCH IN ONE SPOT FOR THE ROTATION SO OUR PLANET ROTATES EVENLY. BUT THIS ICE LOOKS PRETTY.

squirrel | 21 Aug 2008 - 09:37

why of course, the only important things are conveniently writen in the lord's book

s | 21 Aug 2008 - 01:46

Hmmm... it actually explains why this happens in the description above the pictures. Looks like the Jesus freaks do know how to read anything but the Bible!

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

squirrel | 21 Aug 2008 - 01:12

my god take pity on your soul my dear old fool

s | 21 Aug 2008 - 00:42

Only the faithful can see it because they are blind to reality...

squirrel | 20 Aug 2008 - 17:04

praise the lord. its a message from god, he walks among us and he will show himself soon enough but for now we will have to be content with his stubtle works of art that only the faithful can see

Sciene | 20 Aug 2008 - 16:08

Ididots who interpret this phenomena as work of creator are plain UNEDUCATED and IGNORANT. Infact so ingnorant that their belief system won't allow them to take 10 sec of their time to research on Google why icebergs produce colorful stripes.

Anyone who instantly interprets anything as "creators work" = stupid and uneducated. Because it only takes you 1 sec to say "it's creators work". But few min to research science behind it. So people take the easy way out and call it "creators work". BULLSHIT. No creator, it's all in your heads.

wow!!!! | 19 Aug 2008 - 19:20

its litel scert!

sahar | 19 Aug 2008 - 19:19

its in a potoshop?//

Pradeep Kampani | 19 Aug 2008 - 16:58

Amazing

s | 19 Aug 2008 - 07:44

How is this proof that there is a creator!? All of these have a natural reason for forming... all this is proof of is that some people don't bother learning the processes that cause this!

patty lett | 19 Aug 2008 - 03:44

and there are people who say their is no creator.

patty lett | 19 Aug 2008 - 03:41

how can there be people who say we have no creator!

Jack | 18 Aug 2008 - 18:07

The last 8 images are from a lake freezing over somewhere in the States (?Great Lakes area?). They are not icebergs from the ocean.

Other than that, great shots!

Viper | 18 Aug 2008 - 08:42

These are some really cool images!!!

| 16 Aug 2008 - 11:23

They're all from Topeka Kansas silly.

| 16 Aug 2008 - 01:18

What beautiful illustration of natures' imagic and mystery.
Enjoyed the photos very much. Hope you will continue providing the world with photos like these.
Thank you.... smile

Sheamus | 16 Aug 2008 - 01:07

Third one looks shopped, only a lot though.

Jughead55 | 16 Aug 2008 - 00:53

Does it make anyone else want to go sledding?

Allab | 15 Aug 2008 - 23:34

WTF!?!? What has allah got to do with it?!?
Stupid Dr Bakhtiar.

Dr Bakhtiar | 15 Aug 2008 - 23:27

Praise Be To ALLAH,The Magnificent,The Benevolent,The Cherisher and Sustainer of The Universe

lene | 15 Aug 2008 - 20:15

Big Wauuh, I want so go at see them myselves, where in the world are they ?

| 15 Aug 2008 - 18:34

I think those "frozen wave" pics were from Michigan or somewhere... could be wrong, but that's what I remember from somewhere. Great pics in any event.

ellwood | 15 Aug 2008 - 17:12

not the last one, but the 7 before that are from a Lake, not an iceberg.

mat | 15 Aug 2008 - 17:06

that is so beautiful.

ilx | 15 Aug 2008 - 16:54

Joshbo | 15 Aug 2008 - 10:40

The first couple look like polished rocks

Bob | 15 Aug 2008 - 09:26

It makes me think of the ice cream with the chocolate stripes in it... haha wink

sorry | 15 Aug 2008 - 08:33

Photoshopped! laughing

| 15 Aug 2008 - 02:03

Melting Hearts

| 13 Aug 2008 - 23:52

COLD!!!!

as | 13 Aug 2008 - 11:59

subhanallah.....
Allahuakbar

kelsey | 13 Aug 2008 - 09:53

cool!

| 12 Aug 2008 - 23:30

wow

marvellous

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