Friday, May 2, 2008

Amazing Striped Icebergs

Icebergs in the Antarctic area sometimes have stripes, formed by layers of snow that react to different conditions. Blue stripes are often created when a crevice in the ice sheet fills up with melt water and freezes so quickly that no bubbles form. When an iceberg falls into the sea, a layer of salty seawater can freeze to the underside. If this is rich in algae, it can form a green stripe. Brown, black and yellow lines are caused by sediment, picked up when the ice sheet grinds downhill towards the sea







3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi there, would you like to exchange links?

Florence

Anonymous said...

Jean, na linked na kita. don't forget mine ha...thanks in advance.

Nova said...

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