The ice of blue icebergs contains fewer air bubbles than those appearing more or less white. On rainy days their colour appears particularly intense.


The ice of blue icebergs contains fewer air bubbles than those appearing more or less white. On rainy days their colour appears particularly intense. This big iceberg is floating in Burgerbukta, part of Hornsund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway.


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