Incredible colorful Striped Icebergs
Icebergs themselves are amazing natural creations.Icebergs are formed when large blocks of ice breaks off from glaciers
ice shelf and is floating in open water. Because glaciers are built up
from snow falling on the Antarctic continent over millennia, this ice
consists of pure fresh water. This floating chunk of freshwater ice then
interacts with seawater beneath them it.
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.
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.
