Want to See an Iceberg From Top to Bottom?

EVER SEE AN ICEBERG FROM TOP TO BOTTOM?

This is awesome! This came from a Rig Manager for Global Marine Drilling in St. Johns, Newfoundland. They actually have to divert the path of these things away from the rig by towing them with ships! In this particular case the water was calm, &the sun was almost directly overhead so that the diver was able to get into the water and click this pic. Clear water huh? They estimated the weight at 300,000,000 tons. And now we know why they say one picture is worth 1000 words...

And now we also know why the Titanic sank!

That is an incredible picture... and all of the blues are gorgeous!
If anyone can stand the cold , it's really worth it to take a trip to Alaska and go on a glacier cruise. They are amazing to see calfing (when pieces break off naturally) close-up.

WOW! That's beautiful.

I've always wanted to take a cruise to Alaska. My husband wants to go to the Carribean so, we haven't done the cruise thing yet.

Maybe one day!

Cool. I bet that would be a great photo opp, going to Alaska to see those suckers in person! Cold or not!

Cheryl - that is an incredible photo! How wonderful.

We all so know where the saying, "just the tip of the ice berg" came from. Very cool pic.

I love all those shades of blue mixed with white. -very captivating photo.

My understanding has been (from school days - long time ago) that only 1/10th of the iceberg actually shows on the surface and the rest is underwater.

Absolutely breathtaking! Thanks for sharing!!

have you noticed it looks like a dog with a hat?

this is a fake picture the top is real, teh bottom is an inverted ice formation.

but, it does represent the truth about icebergs and how they're disproportionatly small above water.

Originally Posted by fwan

have you noticed it looks like a dog with a hat?

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eeerr...no Fwan I looked at it again and....it still didn't . I thought it looked like a tooth though

lol well it depends on how you look at it but you also see a skeliton face.

What a remarkable photo! So powerful! Thank you, Cheryl!

I like it, fake or real is cool!

Wow, I must have missed that class in school when I was young. I never realized that an iceberg was so big under the water. Cool picture!!

Originally Posted by kimichan

Wow, I must have missed that class in school when I was young. I never realized that an iceberg was so big under the water. Cool picture!!

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they had probably stopped teaching it by the time you went to school!

Originally Posted by Yosemite

they had probably stopped teaching it by the time you went to school!

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I learned about that in school Yosemite. Actually I remember it in 4th grade learing about the titanic and then again in 7th grade science. We did this thing growing ice crystals and everything.

wow

Well I didn't know that I posted a "Rorschak Test"???

Who's seeing dogs, who's seeing teeth, skeletal faces????

Look's like the cavity of the human heart to me!!!