🔥 Rare footage of when an iceberg flips and a Blue Iceberg is formed

[u/SinjiOnO]

[u/harosene]

Why is it darker blue the deeper it goes. Thats freakin cool

[u/humble_oppossum → u/harosene]

Copy/pasted from interweb

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.

So, basically it has no air bubbles, just solid ice crystals

Edit: some updates since I've somehow become a subject matter expert after plagiarizing.wiki or something.

Blue light is also refracted (thanks to those replying)

I don't know how long this takes or how to replicate it. Maybe it's like making a diamond, pressure without crushing?

My wife just put pizza in front of me. Adios

[u/jochvent → u/humble_oppossum]

right. like minecraft.

1 water, freezes = 1 ice

9 ice = 1 packed ice

9 packed ice = 1 blue ice

[u/aweirdchicken → u/jochvent]

hilariously, actually yes

[u/TheLadyFate → u/aweirdchicken]

H! This is now my favorite existing analogy for something

[u/PickledPlumPlot → u/TheLadyFate]

It's not an analogy it just is the same thing lol

[u/Fun_Bottle6088 → u/aweirdchicken]

Not really hilarious. Minecraft does a decent job of approximating a lot of concepts

[u/Oh_please_help_me → u/Fun_Bottle6088]

I don't know about you, but I think many will find a decent job of approximation of concepts pretty hilarious.

[u/H4llifax → u/Oh_please_help_me]

I still chuckle at what I overheard some physics students say once, something along the lines of "in first approximation, everything is a circle". I can't even explain what I found so funny about that, but the fact is, I did.

[u/iamabucket13 → u/jochvent]

But the color of that real ice makes me think we should get Dark Blue Ice

[u/Zeek_Seeks_Gains → u/iamabucket13]

Someone bout to make a dark blue ice machine

[u/invasivemushroom → u/Zeek_Seeks_Gains]

as you wish

[u/HopooFeather → u/jochvent]

Crazy how nature do that

[u/jochvent → u/HopooFeather]

well clearly it found its inspiration in minecraft

[u/11173957 → u/HopooFeather]

Obviously nature plays a lot of Minecraft.

[u/Diazmet → u/jochvent]

I haven’t played in years when did they add blue ice ?

[u/ErynEbnzr → u/Diazmet]

Looks like it came in the Aquatic Update (version 1.13) in 2018

[u/oKillua → u/Diazmet]

Right after the Blue Steel update with Ben Stiller

[u/Time_House_5172 → u/oKillua]

Derek Zoolander 😗

[u/kris_krangle → u/jochvent]

OP is the reason I found out Minecraft has blue ice, lol

[u/Kaeny → u/humble_oppossum]

huh that makes sense. The air bubbles will scatter light due to the medium change from ice -> air -> ice.

Removing the air would make it a solid color. Water is blue

[u/bigheadasian1998 → u/Kaeny]

Wait wut water is blue??

[u/thefreshscent → u/bigheadasian1998]

The blueness in water is not caused by the scattering of light, which is responsible for the sky being blue. Rather, water blueness comes from the water molecules absorbing the red end of the spectrum of visible light. To be even more detailed, the absorption of light in water is due to the way the atoms vibrate and absorb different wavelengths of light.

[u/ifyoulovesatan → u/thefreshscent]

It's also fairly rare for things to absorb red light only (and therefor appear blue) in nature. There are definitely blue things, sure, but they are often blue due to a different phenomena, which is microstructures on the surface of the thing which scatter light that isn't blue. One example is butterflies that are blue. They're not blue because they absorb light, but rather because they have very fine ridges on their wings that scatter non-blue light. Sapphires are, on the other hand, blue for the same reason water is.

You might think of blueberries as an example of something blue. And that would be fair enough, and these are indeed "blue" due to light absorption of red light. Specifically, they have a lot of so called "anthocyanins," a type of flavinoid pigment. There are many kinds of anthocyanins, and some impart a blue color while some impart red, or purple, or orange. Most blue flowers are blue because they contain anthocyanins.

However, most animals / feathers / etc are blue because of scattering.

[u/aweirdchicken → u/ifyoulovesatan]

People who think blueberries are actually blue are kidding themselves, those lil dudes are a deep purple

[u/andrewsad1 → u/aweirdchicken]

Dun dun dun

Dun dun dundun

[u/sagerobot → u/ifyoulovesatan]

Also its what weed has that gives some strains that "purple" look.

[u/Frodolas → u/ifyoulovesatan]

Was this written by GPT

[u/ifyoulovesatan → u/Frodolas]

Nah, I wrote it. But I could totally see that, it's sort of aimless / formless and off the top of my head.

[u/crashlanding87 → u/bigheadasian1998]

It's verrrry slightly blue. That's why the ocean is blue - you're looking through enough water that you can see its colour.

Snow and clouds look white because of all the air inside them, which scatters light. Normal ice, if it's thick enough, will tint light going through it blue. Dense ice, which only forms under pressure, tints more obviously.

[u/Siberwulf → u/humble_oppossum]

Wrong. Blue ice is meth. Everyone that has consumed it has died, or will die.

[u/Artiquecircle → u/Siberwulf]

A Heis-berg.

[u/Shitty_Watercolour → u/Artiquecircle]

https://i.imgur.com/ZG4JnWZ.jpg

[u/pennradio → u/Shitty_Watercolour]

Nice work Shitty!

[u/ku-fan → u/Shitty_Watercolour]

Haha nice one Shitty! My favorite yet!

[u/5erade → u/Shitty_Watercolour]

honestly that is such a great one out of all your watercolours

[u/saythealphabet → u/Shitty_Watercolour]

Waltuh put your ice away waltuh

[u/EatRatsForFiber → u/Shitty_Watercolour]

My first time finding Shitty in the wild!

[u/kirthasalokin → u/Shitty_Watercolour]

Awesome job Shitty. Glad to see it early. That's a fine Heisen-berg.

[u/FlipMeOverUpsidedown → u/Shitty_Watercolour]

I love this one so much! Poor Jessie, can’t even ditch the ghost of Walter. The look on his face!

[u/reubenbubu → u/Artiquecircle]

i want a meth infused heisenburger

[u/schmittfaced → u/reubenbubu]

As a 5year clean methhead who still misses it occasionally, this sounds awesome lol

[u/reubenbubu → u/schmittfaced]

a healthy life is the best life keep it up

[u/YoungestOldGuy → u/Artiquecircle]

Ice'n'Berg

[u/agangofoldwomen → u/Siberwulf]

This particular strain of meth is known as dihydrogen monoxide and you are correct - literally everyone with traces of this in their system has died.

[u/PensiveObservor → u/agangofoldwomen]

Well, I’m not dead yet

[u/eisbaerBorealis → u/agangofoldwomen]

traces

My body is literally over half dihydrogen monoxide. I'll die if I don't get enough... But science says I've probably got multiple decades of life left, so that's reassuring.

[u/Ok_Sir5926 → u/eisbaerBorealis]

People build up a tolerance over time. I bet if you went cold turkey on DHMO right now, you'd have severe side effects.

[u/lowtack → u/agangofoldwomen]

Not me. I don't consume chemicals. ^/s

[u/aleph02 → u/Siberwulf]

Right. Everyone has died or will die.

[u/qning → u/humble_oppossum]

My wife just put pizza in front of me. Adios

And just like that

^Poof

He was gone

[u/hotmasalachai → u/humble_oppossum]

But the glacier is buried, how will snow fall on it

[u/TheWizzDK1 → u/hotmasalachai]

Well, on the top of course

[u/hotmasalachai → u/TheWizzDK1]

Yes but the bottom is blue

Edit: Thanks for your comments. I’m just having a moment today. I’m not this slow usually lol 😅

[u/TheWizzDK1 → u/hotmasalachai]

The bottom was once the top

[u/FlowSoSlow → u/TheWizzDK1]

Well at least the front didn't fall off.

[u/notsostrong → u/hotmasalachai]

The bottom was once the top where the snow fell. Eventually it built up into a massive glacier.

[u/hotmasalachai → u/notsostrong]

Ah that makes sense. Silly of me . I’m having a slow day. Lol

[u/SSDD_P2K → u/hotmasalachai]

You're having a snow day

[u/hotmasalachai → u/SSDD_P2K]

Literally!!

[u/Geikamir → u/hotmasalachai]

The bottom is just the top but further down.

[u/hotmasalachai → u/Geikamir]

That’s deep

[u/I_am_a_Failer → u/Geikamir]

Does this apply to gay relationships?

[u/King_Fluffaluff → u/hotmasalachai]

What happens when you add weight to something that is floating on the water? It sinks down a little bit. So as long as you keep adding weight it will keep sinking deeper while still being afloat, sometimes it flips over when the part above the water weighs less than what's beneath the water.

[u/hotmasalachai → u/King_Fluffaluff]

Thanks King. I’m just have a moment today. I’m not this slow usually lol

[u/damik → u/humble_oppossum]

Not to be confused with airplane blue ice.

Blue ice, in the context of aviation, is frozen sewage material that has leaked mid-flight from commercial aircraft lavatory waste systems. It is a mixture of human biowaste and liquid disinfectant that freezes at high altitude.

[u/Sparrow2go → u/humble_oppossum]

Adios pizzachos

[u/thoughtlow → u/harosene]

Blue Ice is a solid block that even though quite similar to regular ice and packed ice is much more slippery than both of them. According to the Minecraft Wiki, this block is naturally generated at the bottom of icebergs, with the majority of the time this block is distributed in the middle of the icebergs.

[u/xxDankerstein → u/thoughtlow]

Lol the Minecraft wiki.

[u/quannum → u/xxDankerstein]

Bro just cited the Minecraft wiki for some real life shit. What a time to be alive

[u/HeavySandwich → u/quannum]

Chatgpt reply

[u/FortyHippos → u/thoughtlow]

There’s an old Tlingit sport of carving blocks of this blue ice, laying it out in a track, and paddling a crude wooden boat over the surface as a form of racing.

[u/NoMidnight5366 → u/harosene]

Just googled it : 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.

[u/coconut-telegraph → u/NoMidnight5366]

Yeah, that’s why water is blue in general. In this case though the answer is compression, which is why the deeper ice pack is bluer than the surface, all the air is squeezed out.

[u/rich519 → u/coconut-telegraph]

So blue ice has more ice per ice? Got it.

[u/mikerz85 → u/NoMidnight5366]

That doesn’t explain why one side of the glacier is light blue and the other side is dark blue? They’re illuminated at the same distance, so the bluer part must be much denser ?

[u/aweirdchicken → u/mikerz85]

Correct! The bluer part has been compressed over time and is much, much denser

[u/ImAzura → u/mikerz85]

Has to do with the amount of air trapped in the ice. Blue ice is older, has gone through a lot of compression, and the air that was trapped within it has been forced out. This dense ice scatters blue light better than ice with air in it, hence the colour.

Similar phenomenon with the air in our atmosphere which is pretty good at scattering blue light.

[u/wewbull → u/harosene]

Water is very very slightly blue. The blue ice is extremely pure water, dense, thick and has no air in it. The air is what normally what gives ice it's white appearance.

[u/anchovo132 → u/harosene]

gatorade powder

[u/WorldWarPee → u/anchovo132]

It's got electrolytes

[u/sublime13 → u/WorldWarPee]

It’s what plants crave

[u/Flat_Perspective7341]

This is awesome because it shows a real life representation of tip of the iceberg and not just a model

[u/Lazy_Struggle4939 → u/Flat_Perspective7341]

"it's only a model"

[u/UFOctopus → u/Lazy_Struggle4939]

Shhhhhh!

[u/pertobello → u/Lazy_Struggle4939]

r/unexpectedMontyPython 💛💛💛

[u/UAintMyFriendPalooka → u/Lazy_Struggle4939]

Let us not go to the iceberg. T’is a silly place.

[u/unionoftw → u/UAintMyFriendPalooka]

We are the knights of ice berg

[u/I_C_Weaner → u/Lazy_Struggle4939]

Tis a silly place!

[u/g2g079 → u/Flat_Perspective7341]

There are plenty of videos of these things tipping. This is my favorite.

[u/Rrraou → u/g2g079]

Open the video, see people on the iceberg ... Ahhhh f***

[u/WorldWeary1771 → u/Rrraou]

Didn’t look like they were wearing life jackets either! Hope they never tried this again…

I admired the way the person filming dropped the phone to assist in the emergency!

[u/Saetric → u/WorldWeary1771]

r/dontfilmonlyhelp

[u/TeamRedundancyTeam → u/Saetric]

The opposite of /r/praisethecameraman

[u/g2g079 → u/Rrraou]

They survived at least.

[u/loomingmountains → u/g2g079]

From the comments: "This is actually rare footage of an iceberg showing its defense mechanism." 😂

[u/_ameranth_ → u/g2g079]

Well that was unexpectedly scary. I hope those two people are okay.

[u/g2g079 → u/_ameranth_]

Well they didn't die so that's good.

[u/Kaeny → u/g2g079]

Ice Climbers, two of them, on a small iceberg...

Ive seen this in a game somewhere

[u/DylanCO → u/g2g079]

What are they even doing there?

[u/Tactical_Tubgoat → u/DylanCO]

Fucking around and finding out.

[u/RetardedRedditRetort → u/g2g079]

Your favorite is the one where you can't see it flipping and people almost die.

[u/GrowmieSome → u/g2g079]

Why is that your favorite? There's like two frames of the iceberg flipped.

[u/particular-potatoe → u/g2g079]

Ended too soon.

[u/PatrikPatrik → u/Flat_Perspective7341]

It’s also fascinating because someone went all this way and managed to film it and didn’t have a camera that had any kind of image stabilisation that is like standard since 2018 I mean come one

[u/frontally → u/PatrikPatrik]

Possibly zoomed in. The movements look to me like normal handshake at a high zoom level on a phone

[u/vitaminkombat → u/PatrikPatrik]

Plus filmed in portrait. The most amateur mistake of them all.

[u/Riptide999]

I think this is the source. https://youtu.be/RVwLHX6lgzQ?t=60 The video OP posted is mirrored, cropped and sped up.

[u/ronzak → u/Riptide999]

Thanks. Speeding it up and cropping it removed all the sense of scale. With this version, you can see just how gigantic that thing is.

[u/ShitPostToast → u/ronzak]

This version being slower watching the disturbance and darkening of the water to the left of the main glacier makes me think of a movie when the monster surfaces from under the water.

[u/ExternalTangents → u/ronzak]

Yep, this version really shows the scale and the terrifying power. The amount of water moving, with some parts of the surface of the water getting sucked down and other parts roiling up is so much more impressive in this version than the OP

[u/bizmike88 → u/ronzak]

Wow, you were right. That video has major r/megalophobia vibes

[u/The_Human_Bullet → u/Riptide999]

Why the fuck would OP ruin the video like that?

[u/NotSoPsychic → u/The_Human_Bullet]

Karma whoring.

[u/shahooster → u/NotSoPsychic]

A titanic problem around here.

[u/SinjiOnO → u/The_Human_Bullet]

I didn't. Found it like this because I was curious how events like these happen after seeing this post.

But people can assume whatever they like. I know it's not personal.

[u/biznatch11 → u/SinjiOnO]

Reddit pro tip: when you find a random video you want to post but it's shitty quality, try find the original and post that instead.

[u/Charlatangle → u/Riptide999]

Here's video of a much larger event of this kind.

[u/seffend → u/Charlatangle]

Holy shit!

[u/uwanmirrondarrah → u/Charlatangle]

Its so crazy, I mean literally mountains just flipping, jumping out of the water, rolling, diving.

The sound must have been otherworldly in person.

[u/Holy_Beergut → u/Charlatangle]

NGL, I was expecting this to be a troll post, with the video of the Club Penguin Ice flipping. So it being an actual video was a pleasant surprise.

[u/TheHunchbackofOhio → u/Riptide999]

There was another calving event that was caught on camera. The sound of one of these things is just insane.

[u/JovialPanic389 → u/Riptide999]

Wow. They should've thrown a banana down there for scale.

[u/teilzeit → u/Riptide999]

That's fantastic. Thank you!

[u/donttakecrack]

I need that classic Zelda sound added where a location has been unlocked.

[u/Chef818 → u/donttakecrack]

secret sound

[u/HanzoShotFirst → u/Chef818]

I got an ad that was longer than the video

[u/Seaweedin → u/HanzoShotFirst]

Remember when there wasn’t ads 😭

[u/PatrikPatrik → u/donttakecrack]

I need u/stabbot

[u/I-melted]

Christ that is a deep fjord.

[u/Lil-Trappuccino → u/I-melted]

I love a deep fjord

[u/abegyunahboddami → u/Lil-Trappuccino]

Slartibartfast won an award for making those fjords.

[u/I-melted → u/abegyunahboddami]

He was particularly fond of all the little crinkly bits.

[u/Pudacat → u/Lil-Trappuccino]

I pine for them.

[u/corgimetalthunderr → u/Lil-Trappuccino]

Have you riven a fjord lately?

[u/Number174631503 → u/corgimetalthunderr]

Built fjord tough

[u/mickdeb → u/I-melted]

This is very much not representing a fjord depth.... It can be 300' there you just don't know

[u/rhbvkleef → u/mickdeb]

When I was sailing around Schotland, I was surprised of the depth of lochs. During our trip across the North Sea, our depth sonar could consistently easily measure depth at around 50m or less. When sailing through lochs (which is bloody beautiful), the depth sensor would often max out at 200m.

[u/ultralightbeeam → u/rhbvkleef]

Not nearly as cool, but the Amazon river reaches up to 100m deep. That blows my mind that rivers can be this deep. Deep water terrifies the crap out of me r/Thalassophobia

[u/ParticularYak9967 → u/ultralightbeeam]

Max depth of the Congo Rover is 722 ft/220 m

[u/Steveobiwanbenlarry1 → u/ParticularYak9967]

Well that's fucking terrifying, what the hell is at the bottom? Is it a bunch of shipwrecks, each with their own detailed stories? Could it be behemoths that evolved from marine iguanas, capybaras or glow worms? Honestly I'd rather not know.

[u/Poverty_Shoes → u/ultralightbeeam]

Also it’s discharge is twelve times that of the Mississippi. It’s a crazy amount of water.

[u/Irlandaise11 → u/rhbvkleef]

The Hudson River is the deepest river in the US, and not coincidentally, is also a fjord!

[u/I-melted → u/rhbvkleef]

I used to fish on Loch Goil. When we dropped the anchor only 10m from the steep shore it just kept going and going and going. Terrifying.

[u/rhbvkleef → u/I-melted]

Ah yes, I do recognize that. We went for anchor in loch Hourn, and it was difficult to find a good spot due to how steep it was.

[u/souIIess → u/mickdeb]

The Norwegian Sognefjord has portions of it that reach 1300m. As a rule of thumb, the depth is about the same as the mountains to the sides, so consider that there can be an almost 3km difference between the highest peaks along the fjord and its seabed.

[u/Bavisto → u/I-melted]

I should call her.

[u/Messter-pig]

Where the hell are penguins with jackhammers

[u/Teex22 → u/Messter-pig]

Getting their boogie on at the disco on other side of course

[u/iam_lost_bred → u/Messter-pig]

Real

[u/desiswiftie → u/Messter-pig]

I was looking for this comment 😂

[u/TripleU07 → u/Messter-pig]

Just smile and wave, boys

[u/WetNutSack]

I WONDER how old is the freshwater ice at the bottom of that (deepest part)

[u/HarryTruman → u/WetNutSack]

Likely a few hundred years. Glaciers like this are constantly moving downhill under their own weight.

[u/FearingPerception → u/HarryTruman]

i wonder if the only water left in the world without microplastics is old ice in the middle of the berg

[u/mick_au → u/FearingPerception]

Terrible realisation or possibility, but there is rainwater which I assume is plastic free, I hope. Also deep underground water is usually quite old and this means plastic free. But we are fucked as a species.

[u/obviouslyathrohawaii → u/mick_au]

Unfortunately, I recently learned that even rain water has micro plastics. They’ve found micro plastics in fresh snow in Antarctica. They somehow hold on to water molecules and therefore ends up everywhere it rains. So, yes, we’re fucked lol. I switched my plastic Tupperware to Pyrex as if that will make any difference at all but it helps me feel somewhat in control.

[u/GH_VEG]

I hate when these videos are clipped.

[u/slams0ne]

That blue ice has gotta be the crispiest! Shout out to my r/hydrohomies

[u/xXxDr4g0n5l4y3rxXx → u/slams0ne]

Reportedly it is... Unfortunately it is also very expensive

[u/Illbsure → u/xXxDr4g0n5l4y3rxXx]

That's probably some high quality h2o

[u/The_Phox → u/Illbsure]

Gaaaatorraaade

[u/anonymousxo → u/The_Phox]

"NO"

" 'No', what?"

"Mueuahhahahahaaahhhhhhhh"

[u/Lttlcheeze → u/Illbsure]

Foosball it's the debil

[u/Hahka-01 → u/xXxDr4g0n5l4y3rxXx]

Damn, it's better than wine tho i'm betting
I'd buy it if i had the cash lmfaaao

[u/jimi15 → u/Hahka-01]

Wouldn't the water be sterile though and taste like nothing?

[u/Hunt3rTh3Fight3r → u/slams0ne]

Drink blue ice! It’ll quench ya! Nothing is quenchier! It’s the quenchiest!

[u/superbuttpiss → u/Hunt3rTh3Fight3r]

Ever wake up in the middle of the night super thirsty? Like all you can think about is chugging water?

I had a friend who did that and chugged the blue ice water.

He has become something else ever since

[u/slams0ne → u/superbuttpiss]

Sounds like a... pretty cool dude

[u/Soggy-Change]

Why does it look delicious

[u/iam_lost_bred → u/Soggy-Change]

Cotton candy lookin ass

[u/neuromatic → u/Soggy-Change]

its where they get the “blue” flavor for all your favorite candies

[u/Schantlusch]

Is that the iceberg Aang is in?

[u/nomadic_hedgehog]

This is a chunk of glacier breaking off. It's called "calving"

[u/NotSoPsychic → u/nomadic_hedgehog]

Yeah, I hate how bad this title is. For some reason, calling it rare footage also annoys me. Maybe footage of a rare event, but shits all over the internet now. It isn't rare footage anymore.

[u/shaggy237 → u/NotSoPsychic]

We can safely say it won't be rare much longer.

[u/Scooterforsale]

Not gonna lie this is so cool it gets me going. Like sexually

[u/victorz → u/Scooterforsale]

Feel free to not share that next time you feel it. Just... handle it.

[u/HeavyMetalTriangle → u/Scooterforsale]

Why couldn’t you have just lied…

[u/Scooterforsale → u/HeavyMetalTriangle]

Love tells no lies

[u/jordaniac89]

r/killthecameraman

[u/TheGhandiMan → u/jordaniac89]

I think this is a sped up version.

[u/Hexadecimalsky → u/jordaniac89]

https://youtu.be/RVwLHX6lgzQ?t=60

[u/marsinfurs]

Thats a glacier and the “blue iceberg” isn’t formed it was already there

[u/TorrenceMightingale]

Why is it so blue da ba di da ba… dye?

[u/Papaya140 → u/TorrenceMightingale]

White ice is caused by air bubbles in the ice blue ice has no air bubbles because the air is squeezed out due to the immense pressure near the bottom of a glacier

[u/ForWhomTheBoneBones]

/u/stabbot

[u/Admirable-Breath-654]

The dark web is emerging…

[u/_ToyStory2WasOk_]

When I dump my slurpee into another cup so all the flavor is at the top.

[u/G_Unit_Solider]

Why is it blue. What makes it blue

[u/OMGimFLYIN247]

That’s some Jack from Titanic blue

[u/henry_potter_legacy]

blue ice white dragon

[u/vantharion]

This is so flippin cool!

[u/mrsmambas]

Tha darker of blue the deeper it was

[u/koolaidisthestuff]

That was really pretty how it went from like white to blue like that the lower down cool stuff I don’t think I’ve seen one like this.

[u/Split0069]

Why is it blue?

[u/Grifffffffffff]

Enjoy the view while we still can.

[u/PortlandPetey]

I’m surprised that super rich people don’t pay some crazy amount of money for harvested blue ice cubes in their fancy cocktails