I can assure you that none of the Antarctic inhabitants have gone innovative and created these patterns. And also there is no trick photography behind this picture. One can very well say its science… and a perfect logical explanation for the existence of these marbled icebergs does exits.
The icebergs appear in marble like patterns due to the weathering effect; else it could have been as clear as the ice we get from our ice dispensers at home. The gorgeous imperfections created on iceberg are a combined effort of sun, air, water, different temperatures, humidity, pressure, sediments, algae and many such things surrounding it.
As we know, the icebergs are white, as they reflect all colors of visible light, in all directions, that combine to give us a pure white color. The partial melting, refreezing and compressions can lead to variations in white and blue color. The blue part is basically ice with less air bubbles and more density. Sometimes the gaps in the iceberg are filled with water and then it freezes real fast, so that no bubbles are formed and hence, resulting in a bluish layer.
When the iceberg meets the sea, a layer of salty sea water forms a translucent layer on the bottom or underside of the iceberg. The green, brown, black and other shades in between are normally sediments and algae in the salty sea water compressed between ice sheets.
Thus, we get a beautifully marbled piece of work by nature! No matter how many scientific explanations are behind the marbled icebergs… we know for sure that everything on earth is created with utmost care and beauty. Thus, nature unfolds the surpassed beauty of marbled icebergs through a phenomenal phenomenon!
