Glaciers are very fascinating and a delight to see, the beauty of a glacier is one of its kinds. It is very different from ice, the physical aspect of a glacier is very interesting, and the height of a glacier is another extraordinary factor that makes it very interesting. The color of the snow on a glacier is exotic and a delight to witness.
Ice has many startling properties. The most important component that makes up a glacier is ice and the way it gets accumulated is a very interesting process. Understanding the distinct properties of ice is and its accumulation is really interesting. Ice has plastic as well as brittle properties, these properties become evident when ice is subjected to pressure. The stress on ice bends the ice and it bends primarily because of its brittleness and pressure. The brittleness of ice is thrown light upon in this specific case.
When the plastic properties of ice are demonstrated, it becomes very difficult to demonstrate them on a smaller scale. When subjected to pressure, the ice melts much quicker and faster. It melts almost completely when the pressure is roughly about subzero. This is exactly how glaciers flow and become a real treat to watch. The color of the ice on the glaciers is another treat factor that catches the immediate attention of the people who have interest in nature and even those who don’t have real interest in nature are often captivated by the beauty of glaciers.. All these factors make glaciers extremely interesting and a delight to watch.
The way ice melts is another fascinating factor and to conclude, it is very fair to say that glaciers are a very big mystery and there are numerous other facts that are hidden which might be unraveled as years pass by.
The formation of glaciers takes place at a place where there are large deposits of ice and even larger ice melts. The ice slowly gets accumulated and forms glaciers. The snow and ice becomes thick and starts getting drifted away and finally join together to form glaciers. This is an extremely interesting process and the more we go in-depth, the more pleasure we can derive out of this wonderful process. The layers of ice and snow create a great pressure and this turns into granular ice and then slowly turns into glacier ice. This ice has certain distinct properties, like it is very thick when compared to the normal ice and it is much more brittle than normal ice and this is exactly why it helps in the formation of glaciers.
“The distinctive blue tint of glacial ice is very often wrongly believed to contribute towards Rayleigh scattering due to bubbles in the ice.” (Glaciers, 29 April 2009). “The blue color is created for the very same reason because water is blue, that is, it slightly absorbs red light due to an overtone of the infrared OH stretching mode of the water molecule.” (Glaciers, 29 April 2009). All these factors make glaciers extremely interesting and a delight to watch. All these factors make glaciers very interesting to watch and the way they are formed is even more interesting and exciting.
Works Cited
Glaciers. In the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Web.
Glaciers. In World View. 2009. Web.