These Amazing Striped Icebergs in Antarctica Look Like Candy..

When you think of Antarctica, pristine white icebergs usually come to mind; probably the last thing you'd expect is humbug-like striped icebergs, with blue, green, yellow, and even brown -- and yet, that's exactly what you can spot in some parts of the Antarctic.


The different colors can form in various different conditions, but generally speaking, they appear because some layers of ice form in special conditions. For instance, blue stripes are the most common, and they appear when crevices are filled with water and they freeze so fast that no bubbles are formed. Conditions change, and some of the ice is deposited 'normally', and other times it is deposited in the no-bubbles fashion, creating the alternation we see here.

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