Nature is Amazing!

[KennyFlys]

I got these by email today. Some pretty amazing pictures... the comment below is quoted from the email:

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. Just look at how the wave froze in midair?

The blue ice is very pretty and would make some beautiful ice sculptures but given the temperature, I have to wonder how easy it would be to chip or cut for such art.

 

[Ted]

That's beautiful, Kenny. Thanks for sharing!

 

[RotaryWingBob]

That, is wild!

 

[Richard]

I wonder...what force caused such a wave? And what force caused it to puncture the ice?

Water is heavy, it takes a lot to get it moving yet it will still take the path of least resistance. Some immense force was involved.

All this is predicated on the presumption that this occurred not on the edge of an ice shelf but further "inland".

 

[KennyFlys]

All this is predicated on the presumption that this occurred not on the edge of an ice shelf but further "inland".

I wondered the same thing when I first looked at the pictures. I'd like to know more about the event.

 

[mantakos]

I have no idea how ice becomes "shaped" like this, but the idea that they're "frozen waves" immediately set off my BS detector. In particular, anybody who's had an opportunity to hang out with some glaciers will recognize the distinctive "blue color" of glacial ice, which is formed slowly.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/antarcticwave.asp
http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/amazingimages/icewave.htm
-harry

 

[KennyFlys]

I have no idea how ice becomes "shaped" like this, but the idea that they're "frozen waves" immediately set off my BS detector. In particular, anybody who's had an opportunity to hang out with some glaciers will recognize the distinctive "blue color" of glacial ice, which is formed slowly.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/antarcticwave.asp
http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/amazingimages/icewave.htm
-harry

Harry, there ya go raining on my parade again!

I've not been hanging around a glacier lately. I can see how it somewhere got twisted due to the appearance in shape. Thanks for the corrections. Many times I do look up such claims but I never thought this to be out of place.

 

[mantakos]

Harry, there ya go raining on my parade again!

The pictures are still way cool (no pun intended).
-harry

 

[Teller1900]

I would love to go see that...from inside a heated vehicle!

 

[Checkout_my_Six]

I wonder what flavor they are...?

 

[mantakos]

I wonder what flavor they are...?

Blue is a flavor, isn't it?

-harry

 

[KennyFlys]

I would love to go see that...from inside a heated vehicle!

So, are you a "wuss" or a "wimp"?

 

[Teller1900]

So, are you a "wuss" or a "wimp"?

When it comes to the cold...yes.

 

[tlglenn]

I wonder what flavor they are...?

Make sure you lick on a warm day.

 

[Checkout_my_Six]

Blue is a flavor, isn't it?

-harry

I always wondered where that blue flavor came from.....now I know.