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Look at this iceberg — he's perfectly rectangular! The object is almost geometric perfection, appeared among the chaotic and undulating forms of the polar sea. It resembles a monolith from a science fiction movie, but his appearance has nothing to do with aliens or other unusual phenomena. As explained by Kelly brunt, an ice specialist from the University of Maryland, he was probably shaped by the popular among icebergs process.
According to Brant, there are two types of icebergs: the icebergs that all just and idea (triangular prism), as well as those icebergs, which are referred to as tabular (tabular icebergs).
Tabular icebergs are wide, flat and long. They are separated from the edges of the ice shelves — large blocks of ice connected with the land, but floating in the water. This iceberg broke away from the crumbling Larsen With a shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula. Sharp corners and flat surface of the iceberg indicate that it probably was recently split from the shelf.
Brant noted that the process of formation of these icebergs can be compared with what happens when the nail growing too long, bursts at the end. As a result, they are often rectangular in shape. This iceberg is unusual in that its shape is closer to a square. To determine the size of a photo is difficult, but probably it is more than 1.6 km in diameter. And, as with all icebergs is visible above the surface of the part is only 10% of its mass. The rest, according to Brant, hidden under the water. In the case of a tabular icebergs subsurface mass is generally the same geometrical shape as the one that is visible above the surface. According to her, this iceberg looks "young" — its acute angles indicate that the wind and waves didn't break off. But despite a large mass, Brant would not advise you to schedule a walk — iceberg is small enough, indicating a possible instability, and that a crack may form at any time.
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