Antarctic rainbow iceberg

[emad]

Rainbow iceberg in the Antarctic
By Laura Clout
Last Updated: 2:44am GMT 19/03/2008


Resembling a strange creature from the deep, this rare marbled iceberg was spotted in the waters of the Antarctic by a Norwegian sailor.

Oyvind Tangen, 62, was on board the research ship G O Sars when he photographed the unusual ice formation, floating a few miles off the coast of the frozen continent.

While most icebergs are white due to tiny bubbles trapped inside, which scatter the light in every direction, some pick up a multitude of colours due to various natural phenomena.

Green stripes are the result of algae growing in the ice, while brown, black and yellow lines form as the ice sheets from which bergs are formed pick up layers of sediment.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/18/wice118.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox

[slackmaster]

1. Beautiful

Thanks for the link.

[Richardo]

2. Beautiful

Thanks for posting this

[islandmkl]

3. thanks...

[napoleon_in_rags]

4. beautiful in many ways.

Visually, and "rainbow iceberg" has a poetic quality too. I love it.

[emad]

5. "Giant mint humbug" :

Revealed: The Antarctic iceberg that looks like a giant humbug
By DAVID DERBYSHIRE



One of them looks like a giant mint humbug, with its clear blue, green and brown stripes.

The other looks as if it has been shot through with a streak of spearmint.

OTHER pics:


Blue stripe



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=536928&in_page_id=1965

[dweller]

6. just a miniscule fleck

of the big blue marble.
dp

[sudopod]

7. awesome! nt

[Sequoia]

8. Holy moly, I never thought I'd see anything like that!

Or that is would even exist. Thanks.