Saturday, October 15, 2011

Blue Icebergs

Take a look at these blue icebergs. They appear as if there were diamonds.

A blue iceberg is, in fact, visible after the ice from above the water melts, causing the smooth portion of ice from below the water to overturn. The rare blue ice is formed from the compression of pure snow, which then develops into glacial ice.

Icebergs may also appear blue due to light refraction and age. Older icebergs reveal vivid hues of green and blue, resulting from a high concentration of color, microorganisms, and compacted ice. One of the better known blue icebergs rests in the waters off Sermilik fjord near Greenland. It is described as an electric blue iceberg and is known to locals as "blue diamond".

1 comment:

Ho Keung and Yin Ping said...

Another beautiful work from the Creator of the universe.
This, although not God’s most sophisticated physics theory discovered by human,
is amazing enough for all human to admire of !