The Many Colors Of Ice!

[Q3210]

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Now, that looks so lively, suddenly so thrilling as a matter of fact. They even have time to be wearing life jackets in that frigid water.

[Nanook]

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yep! The ones in life jackets are the rescuers should something go wrong! That was last year's event, the water temp probably hovering around 30F, and the air temp was somewhere around 20 above zero F. The jumpers (usually around 500 or 600 of them!) do not stay in the water long! Just long enough to make a splash and run to a waiting hot tub! It's quite fun to go watch, but I didn't go this year, it's just too cold!

We know how to have fun up here on teh tundra! This sled dog marathon event should be starting this weekend, but due to lack of snow, it was canceled, for the first time ever. I'm so sad about that, as I love to go out on teh trail and follow along...



Dramatic activity as the winner who's been out on the trail for 4 days and nights comes across the finish line...



Depending on the weather conditions we are expecting a big storm this weekend), I'll be at the Birkebiener, USA's premier X-Country ski event that is part of a world race...



It's a "love it or leave it thing", I think!

[Q3210]

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The last time I did a plunge like what you described was at Sandals Dunns River. From one very warm jacuzzi to another icy cold both in one room.

[Jah_Mamma]

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Only you Nanook can make me appreciate the beauty of winter with your pictures. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/notworthy.gif[/img]

[Q3210]

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and she also make me appreciate how nice it is living under one coconut tree on de beach in Jamekya.

[Tuff Gong]

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Nice ice shots!

[BND1999]

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these photos are surreal.....
how does the ice reflect so many different colors??? is it from the angle of the sun and the time of day.. sometimes purple.. sometimes pale blue??? are you shooting Macro.. or ??

really lovely.. they look like stone.. very neat.

[Bink - the Only]

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Stephanie ... those are amazing pictures. such beauty in nature. all of us, including me, need to stop trying to change our mother nature and just let her lead us. we have hurt her enuf all ready!

[Nanook]

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lol Q! You're funny. Although just 2 weeks ago it was 90 degrees colder than it is right now, and I would have loved to zoom myself to that coconut tree and the warmth surrounding it!

Thanks Tuff Gong! It's been fun going out taking the photos, so fun I ALMOST didn't mind.

Hey bink, thanks! I guess one of the reasons I've been propelled to brave the elements is because who knows if I'll ever see this again in my lifetime. Nobody can remember seeing what's out there before either, because this is a combination of no snow, and extreme cold. How can I not try to capture it!

Nina, it is surreal, almost shocking even! You asked a tough question and I had to go research an answer.
I always assumed that the blue just bounced off the sky but it's more complicated than that! Instead of even trying to splain it, I'll just copy a little text here. (where's BP when we need him, lol)

Why does glacier ice look blue?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Glacier ice is often a deep blue color. This is because of how the sunlight passes through the ice and what happens to the sunlight. Sunlight looks white. The light is really made up of all the colors of the rainbow. Each of the sun's colors have different amounts of energy in them. When the sunlight tries to go through the solid glacier ice crystals the sun gets broken up into lots of colors. Red and yellow have very little energy and the thick ice soaks up the red light more than it soaks up the blue light. The blue light has enough extra energy to get away from the solid ice crystals without getting absorbed or soaked up. This is why the only color people see is the blue color that escaped. The blue light has enough energy to escape the ice so that you can see it. That is why glacial ice is often a deep blue color.

Some glaciers do not look blue to people. If the glacier has a lot of air bubbles inside the ice crystals, the white sunlight gets reflected not soaked up. If the sunlight can get through the ice without all the rainbow colors getting scattered and soaked up, the ice will look white.</div></div>

But wait! I've been diligently following this guy who's on a first ever attempted crossing of Lake Superior in winter, and he ran into GREEN ICE the other day!

photo is from his daily reports



I posted about his adventures before, it's most interesting to read what he's going through!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Yesterday, I saw some of the strangest ice I've ever seen.

It was the first time I ever saw slush ice below the pack ice being forced up and through a crack in the pack ice. When it got on top, it did the same thing molten lava does as it expands and cools. It would form a crust only to be broken by expending new slush.

The green ice was the best. It was so green. I could see cracks in the ice that went 8 to 10 inches deep. I could see my reflection like I was looking into water. But it was ice. When there were no cracks to show ice depth, it looked exactly like water.</div></div>

MORE

He's about 300 miles from here now, or I'd be running to see the GREEN ice!

[Laurel]

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((Nookie)) I have not checked you here for a couple days ...

WOWEEEEE ... I LOVE LOVE that latest Ice Photoz .... that ice looks like my favorite gem stone of all ......opals ... grey, crystal, black, triplet ... OH MY GOSH!!!! AWESOME!!!!!

[Nanook]

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Tonks Laurel! I tried hard but the photos of Mondays discovery really don't do the scene justice at all. I almost didn't go there thinking there would be no color and it was the best color of all!

Well, damn me for forgetting my camera in my friends vehicle on Tuesday! The ice is so clear that they can see 100 feet down like it is close. AND....

They found an unchartered ship wreck right off of Park Point that nobody has ever seen before! I'm outa here as early tomorrow as I can get, hoping against hope that I can go see. But the bad weather is coming that will probably take the beautiful ice and drag it out to sea.

[Vi]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Compry</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Nanook, I'm not a winter person. I hate the ice and snow but between you and Rebel, I'm starting to see so much beauty in winter. Did I say that? </div></div>
I feel the same about all the above. But like Compry said, they are beautiful pictures.

[R00TS]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Nanook</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

They found an unchartered ship wreck right off of Park Point that nobody has ever seen before! I'm outa here as early tomorrow as I can get, hoping against hope that I can go see. But the bad weather is coming that will probably take the beautiful ice and drag it out to sea. </div></div>

Amazing thread Nanook!
So have you heard any more about this shipwreck?
Its very interesting aye

[Nanook]

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Thanks Vi &amp; Rootsie!

They did some diving to find more about the ship wreck but I never did hear what they found out. It seemed to be a pretty good size boat though!

This was an amazing year for the blue ice, one of the best ever that I can recall!

After the last storm blew 67 mph winds it shoved a whole new crop to shore and I was right there to see it, simply BEAUTIFUL!

[QK13]

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