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Things David Likes @[email protected] · 2026-04-20 · 16:55 UTC

Skaftafell Glacier !! by pankaj.anand

#2024 #iceland #sonya74 #sonycamera #sonya7iv #travel #private #glacier #lagoon #skaftafell #skaftafellglacier #vatnajökull #vatnajökullglacier #vatnajökullnationalpark #southiceland #icelandtravel #icelandnature #icelandlandscape #icecave #glaciartongue #iceformation #glaciallandscape #blueice #frozenworld #meltingglacier #crevasses #icetexture #snowandice #dramaticlandscape #naturalwonder

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Things David Likes @ThingsDavidLikes · 2026-04-20 · 16:55 UTC

Skaftafell Glacier !! by pankaj.anand

https://tmblr.co/Z7VXvxjDSaDh0e01

#2024 #iceland #sonya74 #sonycamera #sonya7iv #travel #private #glacier #lagoon #skaftafell #skaftafellglacier #vatnajökull #vatnajökullglacier #vatnajökullnationalpark #southiceland #icelandtravel #icelandnature #icelandlandscape #icecave #glaciartongue #iceformation #glaciallandscape #blueice #frozenworld #meltingglacier #crevasses #icetexture #snowandice #dramaticlandscape #naturalwonder

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Things David Likes @[email protected] · 2026-04-20 · 16:55 UTC

Skaftafell Glacier !! by pankaj.anand

https://tmblr.co/Z7VXvxjDSaDh0e01

#2024 #iceland #sonya74 #sonycamera #sonya7iv #travel #private #glacier #lagoon #skaftafell #skaftafellglacier #vatnajökull #vatnajökullglacier #vatnajökullnationalpark #southiceland #icelandtravel #icelandnature #icelandlandscape #icecave #glaciartongue #iceformation #glaciallandscape #blueice #frozenworld #meltingglacier #crevasses #icetexture #snowandice #dramaticlandscape #naturalwonder

#iceland #sonya74 #sonycamera #sonya7iv #travel #private

Things David Likes @[email protected] · 2026-04-20 · 16:55 UTC

Skaftafell Glacier !! by pankaj.anand

https://tmblr.co/Z7VXvxjDSaDh0e01

#2024 #iceland #sonya74 #sonycamera #sonya7iv #travel #private #glacier #lagoon #skaftafell #skaftafellglacier #vatnajökull #vatnajökullglacier #vatnajökullnationalpark #southiceland #icelandtravel #icelandnature #icelandlandscape #icecave #glaciartongue #iceformation #glaciallandscape #blueice #frozenworld #meltingglacier #crevasses #icetexture #snowandice #dramaticlandscape #naturalwonder

#naturalwonder #dramaticlandscape #snowandice #icetexture #crevasses #meltingglacier

Nicole Sharp @[email protected] · 2026-03-27 · 15:00 UTC

“Quiet Pulse” and “Another World”

Light shines dimly through the wall of an ice cave in this photograph by Marie-Line Dentler. Shaped by melting, pressure, freezing, and fracture, these structures are dynamic and ethereal. (Image credit: M. Dentler; via Colossal)

#fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #freezing #geophysics #iceFormation #melting #physics #science

#fluiddynamics #fluidsasart #freezing #geophysics #iceformation #melting

Nicole Sharp @[email protected] · 2026-03-17 · 15:00 UTC

Aging Salty Ice

When ice forms in salty water, it starts out mushy and porous. Salt does not freeze neatly into ice’s crystalline structure, so the forming ice has pores and gaps where salty brine gathers. As the ice ages, more brine is pushed out and gradually convects downward, due to its greater density. Over time, this makes the ice layer thinner but more solid, with fewer pores. You can see a timelapse of the process in a laboratory experiment below. (Image credit: sea ice – C. Matias, experiment – F. Wang et al.; research credit: F. Wang et al.)

#convection #fluidDynamics #freezing #ice #iceFormation #physics #porosity #porousFlow #science #seaIce

#convection #fluiddynamics #freezing #ice #iceformation #physics

Nicole Sharp @[email protected] · 2025-04-09 · 15:00 UTC

Winter in Chicago

Fresh winter snow blankets Chicago in this satellite image. Over on Lake Michigan, ice dots the coastline out to about 20 kilometers from shore. Darker regions near land mark thinner ice being pushed outward by the wind. Further out, the ice appears white and may be thicker thanks to wind-driven ice piling up. (Image credit: M. Garrison; via NASA Earth Observatory)

#fluidDynamics #iceFormation #physics #satelliteImage #science #wind

#fluiddynamics #iceformation #physics #satelliteimage #science #wind

Nicole Sharp @[email protected] · 2025-03-25 · 15:00 UTC

Slipping Ice Streams

The Northeast Greenland Ice Stream provides about 12% of the island’s annual ice discharge, and so far, models cannot accurately capture just how quickly the ice moves. Researchers deployed a fiber-optic cable into a borehole and set explosive charges on the ice to capture images of its interior through seismology. But in the process, they measured seismic events that didn’t correspond to the team’s charges.

Instead, the researchers identified the signals as small, cascading icequakes that were undetectable from the surface. The quakes were signs of ice locally sticking and slipping — a failure mode that current models don’t capture. Moreover, the team was able to isolate each event to distinct layers of the ice, all of which corresponded to ice strata affected by volcanic ash (note the dark streak in the ice core image above). Whenever a volcanic eruption spread ash on the ice, it created a weaker layer. Even after hundreds more meters of ice have formed atop these weaker layers, the ice still breaks first in those layers, which may account for the ice stream’s higher-than-predicted flow. (Image credit: L. Warzecha/LWimages; research credit: A. Fichtner et al.; via Eos)

#fluidDynamics #geology #geophysics #glacier #glaciology #ice #iceFormation #physics #science #seismicWaves #seismology