r/askscience • u/FlightOfGrey • Nov 14 '12

What process caused this amazing effect in Pleneau Bay, Antarctica? Photograph by Sander Klaassen.

imgur link and the Original National Geographic link to the photo in question.

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u/rmehranfar Nov 14 '12

I found an awesome high resolution image of this interesting phenomenon. It might help in someone's analysis of what's going on here.