March
19th 2008
Posted under Slices of Awesome
These stunning banded icebergs – formed over hundreds, if not thousands, of years – were pictured floating in the waters of the Antarctic.
Some of the stripes formed when layers of the iceberg melted and refroze. Others were created from the dust and soil picked up when the ice sheet that gave birth to the iceberg was sliding down an Antarctic hillside.
They were photographed by Norwegian sailor Oyvind Tangen, on board a research ship around 1,700 miles south of Cape Town and 660 miles north of the Antarctic.
“It reminds me of striped candy I bought as a child,” said 62-year-old Mr Tangen.
Source: The Daily Mail
Megret on 13 May 2008 at 1:54 pm #
these icebergs look a little like jello–except not rainbow.
it would be a little more difficult to make tho.
Joey Remone on 30 Oct 2008 at 9:12 pm #
Stupid iceberg looks stupid. I hate you and your stupid iceberg.
Patty on 18 Nov 2009 at 9:27 am #
Joey is obviously a young child. These pictures are awesome and amazing in their beauty.