Blue light emitting from inside the crevices on the massive ice sheet in Paradise Bay in the Antarctic Peninsula. It's the result of how ice absorbs and scatters light. Specifically, the ice absorbs longer wavelengths of light (red, orange, yellow) more effectively than shorter wavelengths (blue, violet). This selective absorption means that as light travels through the ice, the redder colors are absorbed, leaving behind the blue light to be transmitted and scattered, giving the ice its blue appearance.
Let me start by introducing myself. I'm Frank from the Netherlands, currently sixty-eight years old and retired for over a decade already. This gives me plenty of time to spend on one of the most fascinating hobbies I have, photography. It combines really well with travelling, another.. Read more…