Blue Svartisen

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Kay Helfricht
Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research (IGF), Austrian Acadamy of Sciences (ÖAW), Innsbruck, Austria

Actually, Svartisen means black ice. However, the ice of the glacier tongue of Engabreen, an outlet glacier of Svartisen ice cap, looks pretty blue in the lights of late afternoon. If the ice is mostly free of air bubbles, the ice transmits the blue color more than the rest oft the visible spectrum of light. Thus, by having a path of approx. 3 m through the ice bodie, particularely the blue light is visible.

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Type Image Format JPG Size 6.8 MB Width 6012 px Height 4303 px Aspect 6012:4303 Brand Panasonic Model DMC-LX7 Taken 14 August 2015 Coordinates 66.6829, 13.7744 Tint Brilliant blue Submitted 29 February 2016

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