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Ice Blue

2021-04-05 By Roger Edwards

Ice Blue (Glacier Bay AK)

Blue in the sky, blue in the water, blue in the ice—the aura around the face of Lamplugh Glacier this day was nothing but cool hues.  The reason is simple:  Air, liquid water and ice all absorb shorter red and green wavelengths of light first.  [I would be reminded of this bluesy scene 11 years later in Iceland.]  Under differential pressure, the surface of the glacier had been crumpled into miniature mountains and valleys, a microcosm of the very process which forms the real thing in slabs of continental rock.  This resemblance wasn’t lost on me while pondering both the erosive forces at work and the grand beauty of the scene.

76 NW Hoonah AK (31 Jul 3) Looking SSE
58.9012, -136.9362

Filed Under: Water Works Tagged With: Alaska, Fairweather Range, geology, Glacier Bay National Park, glaciers, ice, landscapes, mountains, National Parks, nautical, ocean, Pacific Ocean, reflectives, seashores, waterscapes

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Welcome to SkyPix, an online photo book of clouds, weather and water by Roger Edwards. As in a printed coffee-table book, every image has its own page with a unique story. After all, meaningful photography is much more than just picture-taking; it is visually rendering a moment in place and time from a perspective like none other. As a scientist and an artist, I hope my deep passion for the power and splendor of our skies and waters shines through in these pages. If you are a cloud and weather aficionado, outdoor enthusiast, outdoor or nature photographer, art lover, or anyone who craves learning, enjoy...

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