The Crying Glacier

By Alex in Travel on Sep 3, 2009 at 2:17 am

This striking image of a crying glacier (a perfect example of pareidolia) is from a melting glacier in in the Arctic ice cap of Norway. Marine photographer and environmental lecturer Michael Nolan snapped the photos:

At first glimpse it looks like any other glacier you might find in the freezing Arctic wastes of Norway.

But on closer inspection an eerie face is depicted in the melting ice wall that appears to be crying a river of tears.

The forlorn-looking ‘Mother Nature’ figure appeared to locals during a thaw, with the melting ice and snow falling towards the sea below.

The striking image of the Austfonna ice cap, located on Nordaustlandet in the Svalbard archipelago, would seem certain to be heavily used by environmentalists protesting against climate change.

Alex Millson of The Daily Mail has more: Link (Photo: Michael Nolan/SpecialistStock/Barcroft Media)


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  1. Simon LeBond
    Sep 3rd, 2009 at 3:29 am

    Is that Michael Jackson!!

  2. Han Solo
    Sep 3rd, 2009 at 3:31 am

    … No, it’s really just a Carbon copy!

  3. Optimus Prime
    Sep 3rd, 2009 at 3:38 am

    Nah, just a Prius.

  4. He-Man
    Sep 3rd, 2009 at 3:39 am

    … Skeletor!!!!

  5. The Venture Bros.
    Sep 3rd, 2009 at 3:41 am

    Brock Samson…

  6. The Venture Bros.
    Sep 3rd, 2009 at 3:43 am

    !!!!

  7. The Venture Bros.
    Sep 3rd, 2009 at 3:43 am

    !!!!

  8. The Venture Bros.
    Sep 3rd, 2009 at 3:44 am

  9. Cat
    Sep 3rd, 2009 at 4:20 am

    I agree, it’s Michael Jackson

  10. SimonSays
    Sep 3rd, 2009 at 6:06 am

    I would be crying too if I looked like that!

  11. felixthecat
    Sep 3rd, 2009 at 6:07 am

    It could be MJ. They haven’t buried him yet, he’s a Jehovah’s Witness meaning he can’t be embalmed, and his body is in LA in all that heat. No wonder his ghost is melting.

  12. Larfin Jackarse
    Sep 3rd, 2009 at 6:19 am

    Let’s see him walk his way out of a glacier.

  13. zavatone
    Sep 3rd, 2009 at 8:13 am

    I see Wilferd Brimley and his dia bea tiss.

  14. Joseph Barbaccia
    Sep 3rd, 2009 at 11:07 am

    Looks like Loretta Swit to me.

  15. Johnny Cat
    Sep 3rd, 2009 at 11:14 am

    Looks like the icon for global warming has been found.

  16. free games for kids
    Sep 3rd, 2009 at 10:24 pm

    It does kinda look like MJ. Creepy!

  17. sab
    Nov 19th, 2009 at 11:07 am

    You people are disgusting. Shame on you all to take this so lightly. Don’t you see the irony and symbolism revolving around this urgent cry for change? Ever since I came across this image, a strong feeling of self-awarness flashed before my mind.

    If yo come to think of it, why do you think there’s so many natural disasters lately? Mother Nature suffers more and more each day, and she’s taking her rage out on the world.

  18. Pinky winky
    Dec 31st, 2009 at 8:13 pm

    Yea the Earth is calling for help. I hear you mother nature all cars should be destroyed. Let’s make it happen.

  19. sandwich eater
    Dec 31st, 2009 at 8:16 pm

    Shut up you dirty tree huggers. I hear mother nature calling for help and were ignoring that b*&%#.Long live the gassy automobile!


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