So Cold!
Feb 27, 2014 22:37:08 #
It's getting really cold here ... reminds me of Alaska!
The last picture is from the plane ride up there.
The last picture is from the plane ride up there.
Feb 27, 2014 22:41:38 #
Feb 27, 2014 22:49:34 #
Feb 27, 2014 22:53:41 #
Feb 27, 2014 23:19:56 #
Tiny Tim wrote:
Beautiful, but where?
Glacier Bay, Alaska,
I don't know exactly about the mountains
Feb 27, 2014 23:20:50 #
alicequinn wrote:
wonderful series...it looks so cold.
Actually, it wasn't as cold there as it is here right now. Are you ready for the storm Sunday?
Feb 27, 2014 23:21:37 #
Feb 28, 2014 00:51:32 #
Feb 28, 2014 01:31:42 #
Wow they are all very nice, I like the blue tint in the ice in shot one and the reflection in the water in shot two. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Scott
Scott
Feb 28, 2014 02:38:10 #
Feb 28, 2014 06:59:18 #
Very nice set. I don't think I could endure the temperature there, but the landscape is breathtaking.
Feb 28, 2014 07:00:33 #
eye707 wrote:
It's getting really cold here ... reminds me of Alaska!
The last picture is from the plane ride up there.
The last picture is from the plane ride up there.
OHHH yaa, that looks cold to me!
nice shots..
Feb 28, 2014 07:45:27 #
Feb 28, 2014 08:32:24 #
Well it's about 12 degrees here today with a slight wind 'chill'
We were told when we were touring Glacier Bay that the different colors in the glaciers are because they melted and then iced up again. That's why you have all different striations. a The dark colors are the ground that was picked up as they moved. Here's a better description:
by Mark Dubovoy
The bluish streaks in some Icebergs are caused by the the refreezing of meltwater which fills crevasses formed in the glacier (that creates the Iceberg) as it creeps over land. In other cases, the crevasses or holes (full of air) turn a deep blue. We will explain why this happens below.
Old Icebergs go through hundreds of thousands of years of compression and sometimes ongoing thawing and refreezing of the ice. As you go deeper and deeper into a glacier, the weight of the ice and snow above increases dramatically. As this pressure increases, the air that was originally trapped by the falling snow is forced out. As this happens, the reflective surfaces of our "snowflakes" get “crunched together” and in some cases can completely disappear. Since most of the reflective surfaces within this kind of iceberg have been eliminated, light hitting this iceberg no longer "bounces" off of millions of tiny mirrors. Instead, light is forced to travel through the Iceberg and penetrate deep enough to either find some internal surface to reflect back from or penetrate all the way through the iceberg.
here's his whole description, if you interested:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/blue-icebergs.shtml
We were told when we were touring Glacier Bay that the different colors in the glaciers are because they melted and then iced up again. That's why you have all different striations. a The dark colors are the ground that was picked up as they moved. Here's a better description:
by Mark Dubovoy
The bluish streaks in some Icebergs are caused by the the refreezing of meltwater which fills crevasses formed in the glacier (that creates the Iceberg) as it creeps over land. In other cases, the crevasses or holes (full of air) turn a deep blue. We will explain why this happens below.
Old Icebergs go through hundreds of thousands of years of compression and sometimes ongoing thawing and refreezing of the ice. As you go deeper and deeper into a glacier, the weight of the ice and snow above increases dramatically. As this pressure increases, the air that was originally trapped by the falling snow is forced out. As this happens, the reflective surfaces of our "snowflakes" get “crunched together” and in some cases can completely disappear. Since most of the reflective surfaces within this kind of iceberg have been eliminated, light hitting this iceberg no longer "bounces" off of millions of tiny mirrors. Instead, light is forced to travel through the Iceberg and penetrate deep enough to either find some internal surface to reflect back from or penetrate all the way through the iceberg.
here's his whole description, if you interested:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/blue-icebergs.shtml
Feb 28, 2014 08:55:34 #
those photos are breathtaking & fabulous. too cold for me but wow, what scenery! :)
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