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When I first saw the pictures, I thought it was a frozen tsunami. Well, it’s not, I kinda overdid it. The pictures you are about to see are from a glacier in Antarctica. The annual temperature there is below 0 Celsius everytime. Antarctica is by far the coldest continent and some places reach -90c. The blue ice in the picture occurs when snow that falls on a glacier is compressed. The air bubbles left inside are squeezed out, leaving the ice clear and blue.
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Posted by subcorpus | February 14th, 2008 3:09 am
havent we seen this like all over the internet few weeks ago …
Posted by Rikey | February 14th, 2008 7:55 am
I love images like this. At first you wonder if it’s a fake, and even though they may be fake (I’m not saying this one is), it’s always so entertaining to see magnificent images such as this one. It’s so weird to something like this.
Posted by mr. vignir | February 16th, 2008 8:09 am
you gott to see thiss man its totaly amazing the glacer and everithing and the snow fucking fantastic……
Posted by nikkkoli | February 16th, 2008 12:50 pm
inaacurate description http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/antarcticwave.asp
Posted by Smarter Than Thou | February 16th, 2008 8:34 pm
It’s a frozen tidal wave, not compressed snow. Snow maintains its color no matter how much you compress it. The water under the ice in Antarctica is already below freezing, so when it blew out of the ice, it froze immediately. The result is this.
Posted by Just Wondering | February 17th, 2008 1:35 am
Apparently Smarter Than Thou isn’t smarter than anyone. Compressed snow becomes …. Ta da! ICE! Compressed ice becomes glaciers. Glaciers pick up many colors, including pink, blue and green(among others). The photograph is NOT a freaking frozen tidal wave. Unlike the Arctic, Antarctica has a land mass. When water hits 32 degrees farenheit it freezes. 32 degrees farenheit is the FREEZING POINT of water – water under the antarctic ice mass is NOT already below freezing – otherwise it would be ice – not water. I recommend starting at http://www.gma.org/surfing/antarctica/antarctica.html for a little information.
Posted by Dr. Browne | February 17th, 2008 10:26 am
i wanna lick it
Posted by ron c | February 17th, 2008 1:47 pm
Obviously photochopped, you may fool some of these simple people, but not me.
Posted by everything is photoshopped | February 19th, 2008 7:16 pm
even this comment
Posted by tjfur | February 19th, 2008 11:20 pm
Just wondering also an idiot too. water below Antarctica actually is below freezing, because it is SALT water and freezes at lower temp. Nice try though
Posted by water can exist below 32 degrees | February 20th, 2008 12:07 am
if it is fast moving. Check the video of the waves that instantly turn to ice when they crash ashore in green land. But this can’t be a frozen tidal wave if antarctica is above LAND. Plus it just doesn’t make any sense that the whole wave would freeze in an instant. some would freeze while other parts are still moving and the end result would not look like a still capture of a wave.
Posted by ironic | February 20th, 2008 12:17 am
tjfur is also an idiot. Antarctica is a continent, there is no water below it. Surrounding it, yes. Nice try though.
Posted by another idiot | February 20th, 2008 3:29 am
Fake, but still cool
Posted by swisha | February 20th, 2008 3:42 am
real or not i think it’s still nice. why act like kids and call names? be an adult for once in your lives
Posted by DrFreemanstein | February 20th, 2008 7:23 am
Not sure if this is real or not…but some scientific observations/corrections: @Just wondering: You are very correct about the formation/colouration of glaciers, but wrong about the freezing point of sea-water. @tjfur: You are correct about the lower freezing point of sea-water, being saline it can reach MUCH lower temperatures before freezing, however the same applies above the ice too, for misted fresh water to freeze instanlty, would need to be below -2C, so for a large volume eruption of salt-water to freeze that way would require an air temp close to that of liquid nitrogen!…certainly not in the “relatively” warm Antarctic temps. @ironic: MOST of Antarctica is formed over a landmass, however a lot of the outlying area is ice-shelf, which has nothing but (very cold) sea beneath it. My guess is that it’s either a very good photoshop….or a natural glacial phenomenon that looks like a wave…most likely the latter
Posted by Sick of idiots | February 20th, 2008 10:40 am
My God… I am so sick of all you morons who instantly say ANY photo on the net is photo-shopped. For the love of god… Would you get a life you idiots. This is very real… I’ve seen it first hand. NOT everything on the net is photo-shopped… Leave your recliners for a minute and turn off your computers… There REALLY is a WORLD out there… And it’s NOT all made up. P.S. The world IS in fact ROUND. (Seriously… NASA did NOT photo-shop it.)
Posted by emily | February 20th, 2008 8:57 pm
everything has to be an argumenttttttttttt on an episode of man vs. wild, where he’s dropped into patagonia, he hikes over a really really huge glacier that is just like this one. he explains that the brilliant blue color comes from the compression of the ice. and i mean, bear grylls said it. hello, he is god. those dont even look remotely photoshopped in the first place…. these are really beautiful pictures. i like them.
Posted by emily | February 20th, 2008 9:02 pm
http://www.aolcdn.com/aolnews_photos/02/07/20070723134309990013 look, he’s INSIDE OF THE BLUE GLACIER. clearly, it’s photoshopped. the whole episode was photoshopped. bear grylls is photoshopped. discovery channel? doesnt exist. photoshopped.
Posted by Sick of idiots | February 21st, 2008 11:24 am
LMAO! I love you Emily! TOO FUNNY! Hey… Wait a minute… How do I know YOU’RE not just some photoshopped response!? For that matter… Maybe this entire page is photoshopped! Come to think of it… I thought I looked a bit different this morning…………. OMG! What if “I” am really just photoshopped… And I only THINK I am real… I’ve always been told I have an FREAKISHLY LARGE _______…….
Posted by Rico9 | February 23rd, 2008 8:59 am
Wow if this is true and we are all photoshopped then whats the point?
Posted by Chad | February 23rd, 2008 12:57 pm
DON’T EVER SAY THAT Bear Grylls IS PHOTOSHOPPED AGAIN!!! You sinner! Blasphemy! Yeah, anyway, I love the colors in this. It reminds me of an ice cavern I ventured into on a climb once. It’s amazing how there are so many brilliant colors in nature. It’s also amazing how we tend to miss it, like the sunsets in Indonesia, the brilliant red leaves of certain plants in Costa Rica, the hazy gray of the mountains first thing in the morning in the Canadian Rockies, or the baby blue transparencies of an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland. Cheers, Chad
Posted by Greger | March 6th, 2008 8:03 am
That was fake and gay
Posted by Beth | March 10th, 2008 10:30 am
Water will not necessarily freeze at 32F (0C). In fact, pure water will not freeze until it reaches -40F/C. So the temperature of the water can be 0F and still be liquid. amazing pictures
Posted by physical | March 11th, 2008 2:46 pm
the red fat-men reunion.
Posted by Heywould Djablowmie | March 11th, 2008 7:26 pm
Happy to see I haven’t melted all the ice with my Hummer, since I still haven’t paid it off with my 2nd HELOC.
Posted by Lee | March 12th, 2008 4:59 pm
Actually chances are the water below the artic are already frezzing seeing as how there is salt in the water it doesn’t freeze. This must be fresh water in order for this to happen.
Posted by andy cutbirth | March 19th, 2008 2:47 pm
wild-out of this world freaky.we have yet to fully understand the world of science.awesome!
Posted by Admirers of Sheep..... | March 22nd, 2008 8:14 pm
Well…what a journey. It’s no wonder I never believe anything I read in email. And as for you “Sick of idiots “, it might not be photo-shopped, but that doesn’t mean that you (oh worldly traveller), or some other idiiot didn’t make up what they thought it was. I love travelling around the world, and listening to travellers (mostly Americans), as they take pictures and decree what it is they think they are looking at. Folks..it is real ice. I have worked in the Arctic. snow, water, and ice…eventually compacts into very old and very blue ice. It looks like a Glacier, but I do not know for sure. Nor will I pass this on to anyone. The reason I went looking for this photo, is someone is now passing it around the internet and claiming they took the photo in the Great Lakes. It is a shame. The internet is a great resouce. Next time, don’t post a photo unless you took the pic. (and don’t guess what you think it is!!!)
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Posted by jerk | April 1st, 2008 10:41 pm
lolz epic fake, this is so fake that change the meaning of feakness
Posted by Carlos Lorenzo | April 2nd, 2008 12:28 pm
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Posted by Michael | April 15th, 2008 2:00 pm
this isnt a frozen tsunami. what are some of you people thinking?
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Posted by Scribbles | May 19th, 2008 4:25 am
All these comments about how or what it is, and NONE of you have it right.
Posted by eggandchips | June 15th, 2008 9:14 pm
Hey.. Is it only the few who play the old “photoshopped” card who actually know about the old “photoshopped” card? Its when you claim EVERYTHING is photoshopped… even when it is CLEARLY not. Its HUMOUROUS
Posted by Chase | August 14th, 2008 7:48 pm
Chill everyone. Just enjoy it, fake or not.
Posted by jose | August 21st, 2008 7:40 am
\ /\ / HATEVER!!!!!!!
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