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Posted by Tyler Suchman on October 7, 2007 08:25 PM | | | Open Thread

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ooooooooooooooo, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
what IS that? it's like a magnified diamond or hill of diamonds. makes me want to have a cocktail on the rocks.

Comment #1 Posted by: kate | October 7, 2007 09:12 PM

it's a big hunk of glacier floating in an Alaskan lake. glad you enjoyed.

Comment #2 Posted by: Tyler | October 7, 2007 09:39 PM

well thank you, it's really stunning. is that haze, mist or snowcaps behind it? just beautiful.

Comment #3 Posted by: kate | October 7, 2007 10:51 PM

I believe those are clouds sitting above the actual glacier which was at the other end of Glacier Lake about two and a half miles away. The photo closeup is from a chunk of glacier floating at our end of the lake.

Comment #4 Posted by: Tyler | October 8, 2007 07:50 AM

that explains it. it's a depth-of-field thing and that's part of why it's so magical.

Comment #5 Posted by: kate | October 8, 2007 12:02 PM

I can't really get an idea of scale in the photo, but is it possible that that little squiggle right in the center is an ice worm? (I thought they were a myth until the ranger at the ranger station at the entrance to Denali showed them to me once.)

Comment #6 Posted by: phil | October 8, 2007 07:35 PM

It's funny how the mind works. When I stared at that chunk of ice my mind went back to when I used to ice-skate on the frozen canals in Holland. It was so cold my hands and feet froze...brrr

Comment #7 Posted by: Suza | October 9, 2007 06:53 AM

I don't believe its an ice worm. This was a small chunk of glacier, maybe 30 cubic feet. The ice itself was partially composed of thick half-dollar sized chunks that fit together like a puzzle.

Comment #8 Posted by: Tyler | October 9, 2007 09:38 AM

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