{"id":267569,"date":"2024-12-27T15:06:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T15:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/27\/remarkable-images-capture-the-diversity-of-earths-ice-formations\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:09:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:09:55","slug":"remarkable-images-capture-the-diversity-of-earths-ice-formations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/27\/remarkable-images-capture-the-diversity-of-earths-ice-formations\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarkable images capture the diversity of Earth’s ice formations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Michael Hambrey and J\u00fcrg Alean<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

A giant, impossible icicle. Starkly exposed mountain slopes. Billion-year-old rocks behind a lone iceberg. And the view from within a glacial tunnel.<\/p>\n

These four beautiful and moving images come from a new book, Our Frozen Planet<\/i><\/a> by Michael Hambrey and J\u00fcrg Alean. It sets out to celebrate the cryosphere \u2013 the collective noun that describes the world\u2019s ice in all its forms<\/a>, from glaciers and ice sheets to permafrost<\/a> and snow cover.<\/p>\n

The main image shows ice that has formed around a waterfall near Giswil, Switzerland. Icicles growing from the top have fused with ice formations emerging from the bottom to create a giant ice column.<\/p>\n

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Bryce Canyon in Utah<\/p>\n

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Pictured above is Bryce Canyon in Utah. The direction of a slope strongly affects how snow is distributed in mountainous areas. Almost all the snow has melted on the south-facing slope of this ridge, but a substantial cover remains on the shady, north-facing left side.<\/p>\n

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Nordvestfjord, in Northeast Greenland National Park,<\/p>\n

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The image above shows Nordvestfjord, in Northeast Greenland National Park, where some of the world\u2019s oldest metamorphic rock forms a backdrop to an iceberg reflected in the deep fjord\u2019s waters.<\/p>\n

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In Switzerland\u2019s Vadret da Morteratsch glacier<\/a> (pictured above), meltwater has carved a tunnel through the snow and ice. The photo was taken from inside the tunnel in winter when no meltwater was flowing through.<\/p>\n

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