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Blue ice (glacial) Iceberg on Jökulsárlón, Iceland. Blue ice occurs when snow falls on a glacier, is compressed, and becomes part of the glacier. During compression, air bubbles are squeezed out, so ice crystals enlarge. This enlargement is responsible for the ice's blue colour.
Blue ice is relatively rare, covering only around one percent of Antarctica. Another strange aspect of blue ice is that it tends to contain a lot of meteorites. Meteorites crash down all...
We can only see that blue color when we see the deeper layers of ice. This happens along the leading edge of the glacier, where the ice is calving, or breaking apart. The deep layers of ice in ice sheets are also blue.
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Glacier ice is blue because the red (long wavelengths) part of white light is absorbed by ice and the blue (short wavelengths) light is transmitted and scattered. The longer the path light travels in ice, the more blue it appears. Learn more: USGS Water Science School - Glaciers: Things to Know
May 30, 2015 · That's because blue ice is some of the oldest ice in Antarctica. On the continent, scientists have dug up blue ice that is 1 million years old , and researchers are searching for even...
Mar 8, 2018 · Blue ice isn’t actually blue, it just appears that way because of how light is reflected on it. Julissa Trevino. March 8, 2018. Photographers and locals are witnessing what's called "blue...
