Glaciers, Icefields and Icebergs
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The impressive Johns Hopkins glacier in Glacier Bay National Park is spectacular to see. Enormous sheaths of ice tinged with sapphire blue waiting to break off into Johns Hopkins Inlet.
The Lamplugh Glacier is a tidal glacier, a dirty river of ice with two or three black bands along it from the material it had scoured up. It is not a thing of beauty, but it is interesting for , its texture and the subtle blue colour in the ice (not really visible in this shot). Seen in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska.
One of the craziest and yet surreal experiences of my life was taking this tour onto a massive glacier on the Icefields Parkway in Canada. The colors, textures, and surroundings were off the charts. You can't imagine how slippery it is to even take one step.
Photo taken on top of Nigardsbreen on a glacier hike. This was about 2 hour hike up the glacier (it extends much much further up).
Nigardsbreen is a glacier arm of the large Jostedalsbreen glacier in Norway.
Icebergs calved by a gigantic glacier (70 km upstream) come down the fjord near Illulissat in the Baffin sea, but due to the weak bathymetry (250 m, however) they are stuck and slowly melt awaiting for starting a long trip toward North Atlantic. It is noticeable that in 15 years the glacier has flewed backward of 30 km because of the climate warming. It is time to take decisions !
Matanuska Glacier, one of Alaska's most accessible glaciers, is a stable 27-mile by 4-mile long river of ice flowing from the Chugach Mountains north almost to the Glenn Highway. Much to admire on this drive.
Shot taken on August 28th. Fall foliage already in bloom. As Autumn is my favorite season it was nice to start it that early.
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This was an included excursion on our tour - a ride on the Ice Explorer which travels on ice that is 1,200 feet (365 metres) thick. We were able to walk on the glacier as well - an amazing experience.
Jökulsárlón es el mayor y más conocido lago glaciar de Islandia. Está situado en el extremo sur del glaciar Vatnajökull, entre el Parque nacional Skaftafell y la ciudad de Höfn
Una de sus caracterÃsticas más llamativas es que se encuentra lleno de icebergs, que se desprenden de la lengua del glaciar Breiðamerkurjökull. Esto hace de Jökulsárlón probablemente el lugar del mundo en el que es más sencillo para acceder a un iceberg.
Hand held capture ... holding really still for the slow shutter speed capture. Used the CPL filter here and went to ISO 50.
Argentina.
Patagonia.
Santa Cruz Province
The Perito Moreno Glacier (Spanish: Glaciar Perito Moreno) is a glacier located in the Los Glaciares National Park in southwest Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It is one of the most important tourist attractions in the Argentinian Patagonia.
The glacier is unusual in that it is advancing, while most glaciers worldwide are retreating. The reason remains debated by glaciologists. The terminus of the Perito Moreno Glacier is 5 kilometres (3 mi) wide, with an average height of 74 m (240 ft) above the surface of the water of Argentino Lake, in Argentina. It has a total ice depth of 170 metres (558 ft).
Due to its size and accessibility, Perito Moreno is one of the major tourist attractions in southern Patagonia. It is less than two hours by bus from El Calafate, and many tour companies run daily visits. A large visitor centre at the site features a walking circuit which allows visitors to view the southern flank and the east facing edge of the glacier.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perito_Moreno_Glacier
Blue ice occurs when snow falls on a glacier, is compressed, and becomes part of the glacier. Air bubbles are squeezed out and ice crystals enlarge, making the ice appear blue.
Small amounts of regular ice appear to be white because of air bubbles inside them and also because small quantities of water appear to be colourless. In glaciers, the pressure causes the air bubbles to be squeezed out increasing the density of the created ice. Large quantities of water appear to be blue, as it absorbs other colours more efficiently than blue. Therefore, a large piece of compressed ice, or a glacier, would appear blue.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_ice_(glacial)