A growler in the College Fjord, Alaska
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Ice pieces larger than, say, 15 feet and above, calved from the glacier, are called 'growlers'. The smaller pieces are called 'brashes'. Here one can see a growler and many brashes floating in front of the Harvard glacier.
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7 comments
So, this "growler" is now an iceberg? Or icebergs formed differently? Very interesting. Photo is beautiful, with those deep blues!
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kayanne101 4 months 4 days ago
Incredible BLUE
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_yoko12 2007.10.06 at 03:37:13 PDT
this is a blue that has no name ... words cannot come close
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mabelscritterart 2007.09.30 at 19:58:52 PDT
Awesome to see, I can't imagine how much ice is below the surface, that ones eye cannot see.
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umpa1 2007.09.20 at 18:23:36 PDT
Can you put just an ORDINARY picture in now and again to enable us to catch our breath please???
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georgieboy98 2007.09.17 at 00:20:24 PDT
I've only seen this from an airplane at 10,000metres before but it the colours blew my mind, WOW!
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worldtripper3 2007.09.15 at 14:45:27 PDT
That should have been a winner in the Blue Shade selection of Webshots!
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pfjc 2007.09.14 at 05:51:45 PDT
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