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Post September 22nd, 2011, 12:45 pm
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Photo of an iceberg from Svalbard (island group north of Scandanavia) courtesy of my adviser. He took them this summer in his little dingy while on a two month science expedition. I apologize for the obnoxiously huge filesize but I think it's worth it. This little guy calved off underwater and then shot up to the surface. Thought some people would appreciate it.

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Post September 22nd, 2011, 12:53 pm

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Pretty awesome.Were you there when the photo was taken?

Post September 22nd, 2011, 12:59 pm
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No because the NSF (National Science Foundation) was raped so that the United States could pay for the middle east while the country continues to spiral farther down the drain into even more of an academic joke.
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Post September 22nd, 2011, 1:26 pm

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that is stunning. such a beautiful photo
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Post September 22nd, 2011, 1:46 pm
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I have 3-4 more if anyone is interested. Keep in mind though they're detail oriented and not ideally framed out or anything like that (science pictures are only pretty by mistake).
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give us a few more CK, the beauty is in the detail
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Post September 22nd, 2011, 2:01 pm
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Here ya go. They're all of the same berg, just different sections of it:

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Post September 22nd, 2011, 2:07 pm
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>"I apologize for the obnoxiously huge filesize"
>836kb

lolwut? My phone takes 3mb photos... my phone!


That aside, awesome image. How do patterns like this form in ice? Is it trapped air? Or is it the way the ocean wears the ice away? Would be interesting to look at how this forms.

Oh wait, what am I talking about? God did it! /discussion and further learning.

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Seriously gouldy, what's the point in asking questions when the answer is obvious of course!?

That does look damn awesome. The bubbly imprinted effect is grand.

Post September 22nd, 2011, 2:15 pm
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There is an underwater river under the glacier that ejects into the ocean in that fjord. The bubbly bits are associated with quiet water, and the lineations are from the water rising after it's ejected from the bottom. Freshwater is less dense than the ocean water so it rises and cuts those lineations. The bubbly parts are a physics clusterfuck that I'm not going to pretend to know and I'm glad I don't deal with that aspect but they are associated with quiet water.

This isn't 100% certain because data is lacking because you can't directly observe this due to the inherent danger of it and because remotely operated vehicles can't see through all of the mud and sand being ejected down there.

Also the inherent danger of having that mammoth block (if I didn't mention it it's near the efflux of the underwater river) of ice suddenly jump out of the ocean with great rising force under your boat can make one aware of one's...insignificance. Dark stuff in the berg is "frozen dirt" as Gazag would say lol

Also Gouldy before some resizing they're 8-10mb each
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Post September 22nd, 2011, 2:48 pm
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Wow! Thank you so much for these CK, I've got the last one you submitted in your second picture post as my desk top wall paper now, they still look sharp at 2560x1440 so it's a good think you posted them big!
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Lets melt the iceberg, bottle it up and sell it at $2 a bottle and call it Glacier Water [:D]
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Post September 22nd, 2011, 4:32 pm

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YES there is such a thing as frozen dirt i knew it LOL

i agree with gouldy, screw all the sciencey thingys. god did it all so all credit goes there. way to go god
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Post September 24th, 2011, 1:32 am
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Frozen dirt can be further subdivided and described hehehehe
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This looks spectacular, kind of reminds me of this:

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Post September 24th, 2011, 12:50 pm

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Wow ck, those picture are cool. Get it? Cool? Hahahaha
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