Glaciers: Rivers of Ice
Glaciers are literally rivers of ice that flow. They are formed when snow builds up and doesn't melt creating heavy glacial ice from the pressure. This continues to build until the ice gets heavy enough to move down hill or it forces it's way through any geological weakness, heading in a downhill direction. This can start happening when the Ice gets to about 15 meters thick. The Ice starts to flow like a liquid when it gets to about 50 meters thick, due to the pressure of it's weight that breaks the bond between the ice particles that hold them together.
Glaciers can get to more than 2,100 meters thick and can cover land over a few million square kilometers. There are found in the polar regions as well as in some high mountains and high mountain ranges such as the Himalayas and the Andes. They are a large source of fresh water and travel at very different speed. Some travel slower than 1 meter a day and others faster than 30 meters a day. The speed that a glacier travels at also changes depending on the surrounding area, the climate, the temperature and the amount of precipitation that occurs.
Glacial Scarring:
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Glaciers look "dirty" or have black ice from picking up soil and rocks as it moves over the land, it does this because of it's weight and movement. Glaciers shape landscapes as they move, creating many different land features after it recedes or dries up. Above is a picture of glacial scarring. I hope to one day visit a glacier.
Underneath a Glacier
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good post
I want to build a compound inside a glacier! Kinda like those hotel "ice rooms", lol
Awesome...but cold
wow Glaciers look beautiful but can be damaging .....great shots
Amazing pictures. Wish there was more.
Yes it is right and wish to be there especially the second place.
I will put some more up on the next one then.
Most of the glaciers on the earth melts and retresses evry year and disappears definitively because of the global warming . And this is an ecological catastrophe.
If we limit the planet 's warming we will protect the glaciers .
It is pretty sad that it is happening, they are very beautiful and if they all melt it will cause a few global problems too.
Of course, brother. For me, the solution of the disaster must be the total and definitive ban of fossil energies
This is the time of radical change in global energy policy.
This is really amazing! Check also my blog if u have a moment :) greetings from Poland!
Last picture is really impressive, looks like a scene from a game :)
It is pretty crazy that that is how it looks in real life.
wow.. i would like visit ice river one day.. thank you for the valuable post
nice pics....
Its amazing your post, thank for
Rivers of Ice Great man never ever seen these pic thank man for sharing.
You are welcome, glad you liked them