Aialik Calving by Cosine

Photography • Scenic • posted on Jul 01, 2006

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As I promised yesterday, here's a shot of the glacier calving. It's hard to convey the proper scale with a photo; just above and to the right of center, there's a more-or-less diamond shaped piece of ice. Its top edge is almost perfectly horizontal. See it? It's bigger than your house. Really. We all just kind of stood there in awe while the glacier did its thing for us. I was asked on the last post if that was the real color of the ice. Yes, that's the real color; I did a levels layer in PS, but no color tweaking at all. Especially on a cloudy day, the ice really is that color. Ice absorbs all colors except that beautiful blue, so that's the only color that gets back to our eyes. Also, the fresher the ice, the bluer it is; as the surface is exposed it absorbs air and starts to look whiter and whiter until it looks almost like snow. If you go back and look at yesterday's post, you'll see that there's a lot of fresh blue on the face of the glacier; it was very active that day. I consider myself very lucky to have been there for such a good show. Thanks for looking and any comments. Vacation's about over. We're back in Anchorage to fly home tomorrow, but I have lots and lots of photos to share. :-)

Comments (12)

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Richardphotos

11:12PM | Sat, 01 July 2006

breath taking beauty thanks so much for posting this. I have always wanted to see a glacier first hand, but I think your capture really represents the power and awe

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barbdennist

11:37PM | Sat, 01 July 2006

My most vivid memory of the glaciers was the blue color that you mention. I had never seen anything like it before, and did not know glaciers were that color. The color and the calving was such an incredible experience. Your pictures have captured it well.

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Zacko

12:00AM | Sun, 02 July 2006

And i have a pretty big house. WOW! Amazing capture, taken at the perfect time. Very impressive Dennis. Have a great day! #:O)

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DCLEW2

12:22AM | Sun, 02 July 2006

Amazing...Would love to see this first hand.

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babuci

5:00AM | Sun, 02 July 2006

facsinating shot and thanks for explaning a condition of the ice! ( did you shot a splass as well..maybe?)

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kansas

9:57AM | Sun, 02 July 2006

A splendid photo. I'm sure this was a thrill for you to see this event. Thanks for sharing your vacation photos and looking forward to more. Also, thanks for the info about glaciers. There are things I did not know.

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