Sunday, August 24, 2008

Amazing Antartica

I came across these pictures in my email, I couldnt help but gasped at the beautiful nature!
These stripes were formed by layer of snow that reacted to different conditions, read below:


"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."



Wave freeze instantly in the mid air.





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