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Blue ice occurs when snow falls on a glacier, is compressed, and becomes part of the glacier. During compression, air bubbles are squeezed out, so ice crystals enlarge. This enlargement is responsible for the ice's blue colour.
Blue ice is a solid block similar to packed ice and ice, but much more slippery. Blue ice can be obtained using any tool enchanted with Silk Touch, although a pickaxe is the fastest. Breaking the block without Silk Touch drops nothing.
Blue ice is relatively rare, covering only around one percent of Antarctica. Another strange aspect of blue ice is that it tends to contain a lot of meteorites. Meteorites crash down all...
May 30, 2015 · One of the most amazing sights in Antarctica is its stunning blue ice, rippling like a frozen sea. Patches of blue-hued ice emerge where wind and evaporation have scoured glaciers clean of...
Nov 26, 2018 · Antarctica’s interior is circled by glacial ice flows that move outward from the frozen continent’s surface. Imagery collected over Antarctica by satellites like Landsat is typically marked by ...
When sunlight shines on a field of snow, it reflects a bright—even blinding—white. But if you get a good look at the leading edge of a glacier, you’ll find that the ice inside is a brilliant blue. The surface may look white, but places where the ice has cracked open look almost turquoise.
Blue ice forms when air bubbles are squeezed out of compressed snow and firn layers, which are layers of partially-compacted snow left over from previous seasons. The ice appears blue as a result of the absorption of solar radiation at yellow and red wavelengths.
