Portage Glacier [Photo of the Day]
Uploaded: December 13, 2007 18:29:39
This is the most gorgeous color of blue that I have ever seen. Mother Nature gives the most gorgeous gifts!Portage Glacier, Alaska.
Yvonne M. Nieves December 13, 2007
Absolutly BREATHTAKING photo. Looks like a shot from National Geographic, amanzingly beautiful, GREAT capture.
Songbird Cline
December 13, 2007
Songbird Cline
December 13, 2007
Dr. Harmeet Singh December 13, 2007
Out of the world..No doubt it is the most beautiful glaciers in the world.Stunning capture,dear friend. #5206154
Songbird Cline
December 13, 2007
Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 20, 2007
A stunning scenic landscape, rarely seen. A treat for the eyes! #5235516
Songbird Cline
December 20, 2007
Ed Taguba December 23, 2007
Songbird,Wowsers!!!! That is a very, very beautiful photo. Congratulations on POTD!
Aloha,
Ed #5245249
Jim Britt December 23, 2007
How awesome. Congrats Songbird and happy holidays! #5245271
Les Rhoades
December 23, 2007
Dr. Harmeet Singh December 23, 2007
Oh wow..Great this is Photo of the Day.Big Congrats.. #5245304Bill Houghton December 23, 2007
This is so beautiful Songbird. Congratulations on your win. BillCheck out my personal website at:
Bill Houghton Photography
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Susie Peek-Swint December 23, 2007
Stunning colour and capture Songbird ~ many congrats on POTD! #5245371Josselyne Klecanda December 23, 2007
Absolutely georgous. Unbeleavable. Never knew such color existed. Well done! #5245430
Jeff Robinson
December 23, 2007
Joy Rector December 23, 2007
congrats on the POTD #5245675Laura Clay-Ballard December 23, 2007
Congrats! pretty! #5245723randy dannheim December 23, 2007
Stunning image Songbird!!!!!!!! I can only dream of seeing such a place - thank you for bringing it to me.Denise Denomy December 23, 2007
VERY POWERFUL CAPTURE, Songbird! BEAUTIFUL! Congratulations on your POTD!!! :0) #5245945
Deborah C. Lewinson
December 23, 2007
RC Fritz December 23, 2007
Congratulations on your P O T D!!! #5245989Cheryl E. Molennor December 23, 2007
Congratulations... Awesome! #5246227Colleen Farrell December 23, 2007
Gorgeous! Congrats on your POTD! #5246455Dennis Walton December 23, 2007
Beautiful. The blue color of the ice makes the scene look cold - as it should! #5246486Philippe Vieux-Jeanton December 23, 2007
A very beautiful image.. Congratulations on your POTD! #5246516Donna La Mattino Pagakis December 23, 2007
A beautiful POTD, congratulations Songbird! #5246659Tiia Vissak December 23, 2007
A great shot!Congratulations! #5246668
Songbird Cline
December 23, 2007
Patricia Ronan December 23, 2007
Great image, congrats on your POTD:) #5247156
Evy Johansen
December 23, 2007
Songbird Cline
December 23, 2007
Kathy L. Clark December 25, 2007
Songbird I have say a big congrats on your lovely POTD. I am from Alaska and spent many wonderful days at portage glacier growing up. When I was little the glacier was all the way to where the visitors center is now. In the winter there would be big icebergs frozen solid in the lake and we got to climb on them. That was from 1958 to about the 1970s. I moved to Alabama in 1994 and miss Alaska's fabulous landscape. Thanks for the memories. #5253160
Songbird Cline
December 25, 2007
Vladan D. Djordjevic December 28, 2007
Great photo with superb composition, tones, color! #5259994Emmanuel Panagiotakis December 29, 2007
Very nice picture here my friend
Songbird Cline
December 29, 2007
Kenny Metro
December 30, 2007
Nancy (Peaches) Harker December 31, 2007
AWSOME capture Songbird. Love the pov...really bebautiful!
Songbird Cline
January 01, 2008
Luis Sanchez Martin January 07, 2008
oh.. what an AWESOME image..!! congratulations ..well deserved... #5305178
Songbird Cline
January 07, 2008
Fanie Heymans January 08, 2008
WOW, what an awesome nature capture! Fantastic! #5309853
Songbird Cline
January 08, 2008
Jim Britt January 09, 2008
Congrats Songbird. Really beautiful photo. #5317100
Songbird Cline
January 09, 2008
Jim Baines
January 13, 2008
Songbird Cline
January 13, 2008
Elizabeth A. Marker
January 16, 2008
Songbird Cline
January 16, 2008
Z. Banu January 21, 2008
WOW!SO BEAUTIFUL IMAGE YOU DESERVE IT!!CONGRATULATION WELL DONE SONGBIRD. #5371031
Mitch Spence
January 21, 2008
Songbird Cline
January 21, 2008
Alex T. Mizuno January 22, 2008
Songbird, congratulations on this fantastic Photo of the Day! I'm really fascinated by your landscapes from all over the world! It's like looking at National Geographic Magazine. This is one of your outstanding nature images. Thank you sharing this rare image! #5379960Steven E. Ray January 23, 2008
This certainly is a most outstanding photo Songbird! The jutting fragments creates a very nice texture. Most excellent find! #5380185
Songbird Cline
January 23, 2008
Laura E. Swan
February 03, 2008
Just amazing. You are right. Mother Nature sure knows how to give good gifts!
What a moving photo. #5438017
Songbird Cline
February 03, 2008
Jillian Danielson February 03, 2008
GORGEOUS!! I just love your gallery! #5438113Tayseera Al-Barram March 11, 2008
Beautiful! Amazing shot! ~ #5624993David A. Simons March 24, 2008
Congratulations on this photo becoming photo of the day. #5688993Randy L. Quast March 29, 2008
outstanding photo Songbird and congrats on the photo of the day. #5716628Doug J. Dailey April 17, 2008
Wow.. very nice Songbird. Photo of the day, congrats. Keep up the good work. I haven't been on here that much, but I have some butterfly and a hummingbird moth that I added. Check them out if you have time.Best wishes,
Doug #5801999
Songbird Cline
April 17, 2008
paola A. Jofre May 01, 2008
Wow!!! The color!!! This is an awesome job!!! Excellent detail!!! #5869181
Songbird Cline
May 01, 2008
Randy L. Quast May 30, 2008
Very nice photo Songbird and Congrats on the EP and the Photo of the day. #5999086Z. Banu June 09, 2008
Awesome!!!!!!!!Congrats!!very well done songbird #6037305Wendy Stevenson June 18, 2008
Beautiful raw wild scenery you've captured here Songbird! Congratulations on your POTD! #6073765Cassie L. Woodlee June 23, 2008
STUNNING!!!!!!!! WOW. Congrats on your POTD!!!!!!!! #6097385
Nancyj E. Hovey
August 09, 2008
Gary Lange September 18, 2008
Wonderful image and gallery, Songbird!! #6471065Mary Timman November 11, 2008
Breathtaking capture. Had to be awesome seeing this view! You captured it beautifully. What color!Michael Lynch November 26, 2008
Congrats on your Photo of the Day ! Still looking through your shots; I'm impressed ! #6813106Jennifer A. Lambert February 07, 2009
Absolutely GORGEOUS !!!!Cyndy Doty September 24, 2009
Beautiful! The glacier colors are stunning! #7978304Kaye Burazin September 28, 2009
Breathtaking, spectacular, mind blowing, and may I mention that I really love this #7992138
Songbird Cline
October 01, 2009
MELODIE C. ROBERTS October 02, 2009
I Stood On That Glacier Many Years AgoIncredible Gallery!!! #8002006
Patrick Rouzes
October 12, 2009
Barbara Waldoch October 12, 2009
Congratulations on this beauty, Songbird! #8031394Ivan Chacon February 16, 2010
Beautiful image and gallery ...congrats on your POTD! :) #8387304Ellen Hodges July 13, 2010
Huge congrats on the POTD and an extremely awesome capture, Songbird!! Wow! #8756814Kaye Burazin July 23, 2010
This is certainly Mother Nature at her finest. #8782561
Christine Lobsinger
July 26, 2010
Songbird Cline
July 26, 2010
Rona L. Schwarz August 04, 2010
As well it should be! It is truly a wonderful capture of this iconic glacier! I have been there and seen its beauty (alas in my film days), and this is such a creative composition. Love all your Alaskan beauties, but this is my favorite! #8806585
Songbird Cline
August 04, 2010
Ken Smith
September 17, 2010
Songbird Cline
September 17, 2010
Wm Nosal October 03, 2010
Wow! Beautiful!Bill Houghton March 11, 2011
WOW! Songbird, this is beautiful. Very good shot. Bill #9284755Freddy Bland June 05, 2011
Outstanding!! I've never seen Alaska and this snow is so blue!! Congratulations on an excellent Gold winning image, Songbird!! #9445351
Songbird Cline
June 05, 2011
Sky is blue due to Rayleigh scattering, while sea water is blue due to reflection of blue light and absorption of red light. The blue color of the ice berg or glacier is also due to Rayleigh scattering, or the Tyndall effect, after the release of blue light from the sunlight. As the ice is transparent, it permits light to pass through. Before the ice allows light to pass through it, the ice crystals absorb light of longer wavelengths from the visible spectrum. Hence, red light is absorbed. The major color left, which is blue light, has a shorter wavelength, and is allowed to pass through the glacier.
As the light travels deeper and deeper into the glacier the ice appears dark blue. This phenomenon of blue color becoming darker as the light goes deeper is due to scattering. Though sky also appears blue due to scattering, it is slightly different from what is occurring in the ice. In the sky, blue light gets absorbed and scattered, while in the ice, blue light gets reflected and scattered.
If the ice berg is thin, then all the white light is transmitted through it. If the ice is thick, then only blue light is transmitted through it. If we make a hole in the glacier and look through it, we can observe the blue color inside. So, glaciers appear blue due to reflection and scattering of the blue light present in sunlight. #9445375
Katrina McMeans October 30, 2011
Very beautiful! I would love to visit Alaska sometime! #9772426
Songbird Cline
October 30, 2011
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