Yes, it *does* look like big blue slices of salmon! That is weird. Wonder if it means anything about the meat of the fish looking like the water it swims in?
I saw this somewhere before - I forget where and I'm too lazy to look it up, but someone said it was wind erosion on glaciers. Makes sense to me. posted by AV at 1:56 PM on July 8, 2007
Good. I'm not the only one who thought it looked like salmon. posted by malaprohibita at 2:46 PM on July 8, 2007
Wonder if it means anything about the meat of the fish looking like the water it swims in?
There aren't any salmon in Antartica unless they're very, very lost.
That looks like very old ice (blue color) that has been exposed to high winds/ meltwater (sculpted edges). The fissures probably have something to do with the meltwater but IANAG (I am not a geologist) so take that with a grain of salt. Whatever caused it, it's really beautiful, thanks for the post! posted by fshgrl at 2:51 PM on July 8, 2007
Hmm, yeah, a little bit of explanation would be nice. I looked at the pics and thought, "huh, neat photoshop." But then I come here and apparently they're all real. What gives? posted by afx237vi at 2:54 PM on July 8, 2007
Methinks that's wind abrasion, rather than a 'frozen tsunami'. Still pretty cool though. posted by Happy Dave at 3:16 PM on July 8, 2007
I've seen these pictures around quite a bit lately; it looks like a glacier being pushed up out of the ice to me.
A frozen tsunami crashed into Barrow, Alaska last January, causing all sorts of damage. posted by rhapsodie at 3:26 PM on July 8, 2007
There aren't any salmon in Antartica unless they're very, very lost.
lol, in saying Wonder if it means anything about the meat of the fish looking like the water it swims in? I meant ocean fish meat looking like frozen ocean water.
Trying to Google the images, find out about them, there was nothing, so I wondered if the tsunami idea was sensationalising wind shear. But the pics are still way cool! posted by nickyskye at 3:42 PM on July 8, 2007
Gorgeous! posted by LeeJay at 4:26 PM on July 8, 2007
Is it wrong of me to want to set up a tap on this thing and bottle it to sell to urban dwellers? Pictures of the "tsunami" pre-meltdown would be on the bottle. posted by Burhanistan at 4:50 PM on July 8, 2007
It's not salmon, sillies! Some Japanese whalers obviously couldn't finish one of their blue whale sashimi meals. posted by UbuRoivas at 5:27 PM on July 8, 2007
It looks awesome. I want to slide all over it. posted by inconsequentialist at 5:33 PM on July 8, 2007
Good. I'm not the only one who thought it looked like salmon.
Yes, you are. The others were just being pre-emptively polite. posted by FelliniBlank at 5:45 PM on July 8, 2007
heh heh heh, I got something that's totally going to melt that sucker posted by mattoxic at 8:30 PM on July 8, 2007
Hey neat! It wants to install neato software on my computer to clean up my browsing history! Thanks, frogviewfuckwad! posted by disclaimer at 8:48 PM on July 8, 2007
Doesn't Superman live there? posted by tiger yang at 10:19 PM on July 8, 2007
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