What Color is Your Iceberg?

By Alex in Science & Tech on May 21, 2006 at 12:58 pm

From the website:

Icebergs come in different colors (but not different flavors). According to Ian Dunlop, they come in white, light blue, or an aqua-green type. White is the standard color and is a result of the ice and snow covering the iceberg. Blue is also from the ice which has compressed all the gas inside so much that the apparent color is blue from light scattering, much like a blue sky. The aqua green is from algae growing in the ice and is only seen when icebergs roll over exposing the previously underwater sections to view.

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  1. Glitch50
    Oct 2nd, 2009 at 9:35 pm

    now THAT is an awesome shade of blue


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