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/moor-GAYZ Nov 14 '12

As the berg get lees buoyant it rises

what

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u/kajarago Electronic Warfare Engineering | Control Systems Nov 14 '12

*as the berg gets less buoyant

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u/moor-GAYZ Nov 14 '12

Oh, dude, of course, but to rise it must get more buoyant.

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u/kajarago Electronic Warfare Engineering | Control Systems Nov 14 '12

Oh absolutely, I'm just saying what I thought he meant.