Photos:Striped Icebergs!

Icebergs in the Antarctic area sometimes have stripes, formed by layers of snow that react to different conditions. These beautiful photos make the icebergs look like ice cream layered with candy! More photos show a frozen wave in the Antarctic--yep, it's so cold that the wave froze as soon as it broke through the ice! Amazing!


Date:   10/17/2008 1:00:22 PM   ( 16 y ) ... viewed 4549 times

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.























Antarctica Frozen Wave Pixs - Nature is amazing!

The water froze the instant the wave broke through the
ice. That's what it is like in Antarctica where it is the
coldest weather in decades. Water freezes the instant
it comes in contact with the air. The temperature of the
water is already some degrees below freezing.

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