Antarctica Wave

Pictures of a wave that broke through the ice and froze instantly in the frigid air

...AWE.

Looks more like some glacial uplift to me.

You're right, those are still some pretty amazing photos.

 Wow, the sceens mother nature can paint!

Very cool - thanks Mike.

So cool! Do you think it's saltwater ice, or freshwater. I know saltwater can freeze, but I'm ignorant on that type of science. And a lot others too...........

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I'm pretty sure it's an ice shelf (i.e. very very large glacier) and therefore freshwater.   My guess is that it's a portion of the ice shelf that has been fractured and uplifted by forces like the tide and/or large waves.

Even if a wave that size rolled into a wall of air at absolute zero, it would not freeze like that.  The thermal conductance and capacitance of water is stupendous, air...less so.

No idea what it is, one of those E-mails just thought picts were pretty cool.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/antarcticwave.asp

Cool pictutres no matter what

Ed

http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/antarcticwave.asp

Cool pictutres no matter what

Ed

Nice one ED!I use that same site to dispel B.S. all the time. Still way cool photo's. I'd love to see the formation in real life.

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