ironz
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Dec 2, 2003
And now, a few more closer photos of the glacier. There are just not words, although I did think of Elsa's ice castle a few times.
In the above photo, you can see a few smaller chunks of ice falling in the lower center. Mind you-- we are 1/4 mile away. And the glacier face is approximately 200 feet tall.
One of the very cool things about being on the excursion boat is that we could hear the glacier. Cracking, groaning, like a living thing. And then, thunderous noise when it calved, which we did get to see multiple smaller chunks and a few larger masses of ice calving from the glacier face.
The sounds of calving tend to be a little delayed, so you have to be watching closely to get good photos.
And... one of the few closeup photos we got of the glacier calving is on DH's computer--argh-- thought I had it. Will add it in later.
When we saw our first really big chunk fall from the glacier, everyone cheered because it's a magnificent sight. And then, I thought, aww... it's sort of sad, too, because it means that part of the glacier is now gone.
Lots of icebergs in all different shapes and sizes. I love all the shades of blue in the ice.
In the above photo, you can see a few smaller chunks of ice falling in the lower center. Mind you-- we are 1/4 mile away. And the glacier face is approximately 200 feet tall.
One of the very cool things about being on the excursion boat is that we could hear the glacier. Cracking, groaning, like a living thing. And then, thunderous noise when it calved, which we did get to see multiple smaller chunks and a few larger masses of ice calving from the glacier face.
The sounds of calving tend to be a little delayed, so you have to be watching closely to get good photos.
And... one of the few closeup photos we got of the glacier calving is on DH's computer--argh-- thought I had it. Will add it in later.
When we saw our first really big chunk fall from the glacier, everyone cheered because it's a magnificent sight. And then, I thought, aww... it's sort of sad, too, because it means that part of the glacier is now gone.
Lots of icebergs in all different shapes and sizes. I love all the shades of blue in the ice.