Tumblr (3.0; @bikerblond)http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e54a8de14a93c56eddf8f6bf77793239/tumblr_mmou331nsX1rhb9f5o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/aa63e1ebdb1f76427e47ef3a71f4662e/tumblr_mmou331nsX1rhb9f5o2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c03e4584329db55d501209a137c1aa63/tumblr_mmou331nsX1rhb9f5o3_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c1a8138fc3164e67be8a726fa4937322/tumblr_mmou331nsX1rhb9f5o4_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mucholderthen.tumblr.com/post/50291217814/pictures-taken-by-norwegian-sailor-oyvind-tangen">mucholderthen</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Pictures taken by Norwegian sailor Oyvind Tangen on board a research ship 1700 miles south of Cape Town, South Africa</em>  [ <a href="http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/stripedicebergs.asp#photo">X</a> ]<br/>_________________________________</p> <p>Via <span></span><a href="http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/environment/icebergs-and-ice/icebergs">Australian Antarctic Division</a>:<span><br/></span></p> <p><strong>WHY ICEBERGS CAN HAVE COLORS AND STRIPES</strong></p> <p><strong>Icebergs are formed from glacial ice</strong> that has built up from snow falling on the Antarctic continent over millennia;  glacial ice consists of pure fresh water.  <span>The ice flows slowly to the coast and breaks off either from glaciers or from ice shelves. </span></p> <p><span><strong>ICE SHELVES</strong><br/><strong>As seawater is drawn deep under the ice shelves by the oceanic currents, it becomes </strong></span><strong>super-cooled</strong><span>  Under certain conditions <strong>it can freeze to the base of the ice shelf</strong>. </span></p> <p><span>Because this ice is formed from seawater, it differs from the freshwater ice of the ice shelf. <strong>Often, the frozen seawater contains organic matter and minerals, causing it to have a different color and texture</strong>.</span></p> <p>Thus icebergs broken off from the ice shelves may show <strong>layers of the pure blue-white glacial ice and greener ice formed from frozen seawater</strong>. As <strong>the bergs become fragmented and sculpted by the wind and waves,</strong> the different colored layers can develop striking patterns.</p> <p><strong>GLACIERS</strong><br/>Pure glacial ice, too, can exhibit striking color patterns. This is thought to be a result of melting that can occur on the continent before the bergs break off. <strong>Crevasses high on the Antarctic plateau can fill with melt water and then refreeze, producing layering of blue ice within a white ice matrix.</strong></p> <p>After calving, they begin eroding and the alignment of the stripes can become irregular, leading to icebergs with spectacular appearances.</p> <p>- Dr Steve Nicol, Program Leader, <a href="http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/environment/icebergs-and-ice/icebergs">Australian Antarctic Division</a></p> </blockquote>http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/51160600515http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/51160600515Thu, 23 May 2013 14:11:23 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/059e58589291307496b08bf7288f9016/tumblr_mjsrv6Wmrf1s3oodco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/51160514587http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/51160514587Thu, 23 May 2013 14:09:51 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/eee4807152599f319b7057612e3d461e/tumblr_mlnq5ranqf1rub0hvo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/51087819265http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/51087819265Wed, 22 May 2013 15:38:11 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dbb58af4e535120cd8d8598328ae5024/tumblr_mlzm8p3Gcl1qzkd07o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/94f7d21bbfb2c35c1f50be981fd860f9/tumblr_mlzm8p3Gcl1qzkd07o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a1f90a340206351ddc53a651876f8055/tumblr_mlzm8p3Gcl1qzkd07o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/26a7a6b4effde7590ab7e72c9fb12e7b/tumblr_mlzm8p3Gcl1qzkd07o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9956bd1110d76e59e54becfb9222e464/tumblr_mlzm8p3Gcl1qzkd07o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7624906a3d528f167443c68f8e2e5740/tumblr_mlzm8p3Gcl1qzkd07o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://panoptic.tumblr.com/post/49131190072">panoptic</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Kolam (via <a href="http://ditikotecha.blogspot.mx/2013/04/kolam-is-rangoli-traditionally-composed.html">Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today is OK</a>)</p> <p><span>Kolam is a rangoli traditionally composed of geometric lines and shapes, drawn around a grid pattern of dots. It is drawn by south Indian women with rice or chalk powder in front of their homes. </span></p> </blockquote>http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/51087728297http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/51087728297Wed, 22 May 2013 15:36:52 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/10fa1ae84b861509141c71232d32a9b1/tumblr_mn5u0qObBn1rub0hvo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/51023670626http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/51023670626Tue, 21 May 2013 19:06:37 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/21742cd9880cac5cce33caacb3ebcbc2/tumblr_mn5nuddU4C1qbltjyo1_500.jpg"/><br/> Photo: Richard Silver. Machu Picchu, Peru.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d2f6c0c590c603f3d80a54914c389228/tumblr_mn5nuddU4C1qbltjyo4_500.jpg"/><br/> Photo: Richard Silver. World Trade Center Memorial, New York City.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5ec5d6e246f13002157aac0f1471534b/tumblr_mn5nuddU4C1qbltjyo2_500.jpg"/><br/> Photo: Richard Silver. Taj Mahal, India.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f4d84edc517321a2e39edcb4a8abd13d/tumblr_mn5nuddU4C1qbltjyo5_500.jpg"/><br/> Photo: Richard Silver. Brooklyn Bridge, New York City.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/64ace4db0dcf87458c42028d835ad60b/tumblr_mn5nuddU4C1qbltjyo3_500.jpg"/><br/> Photo: Richard Silver. Moai of Easter Island, Chile.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b3e4d67f0b42f22cb5de47f96a53593b/tumblr_mn5nuddU4C1qbltjyo6_500.jpg"/><br/> Photo: Richard Silver. Houses in Reykjavik, Iceland.<br/><br/> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://architizer.tumblr.com/post/50994018294/astounding-tilt-shift-perspectives-of-world">architizer</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/87372/astounding-tilt-shift-perspectives-on-world-monuments/#.UZuSnCv72nk"><strong>Astounding Tilt-Shift Perspectives of World Monuments!</strong></a></p> <p><em>Anyone who’s traveled to popular touristic sites knows the feeling of being caught in the crossfire of countless camera lenses—the annoyed (and annoying) jockeying to capture the perfect shot…which in most cases looks exactly like everyone else’s. When we stumbled across <a href="http://www.richardsilverphoto.com/">Richard Silver’s</a> photographs of iconic monuments, we were shocked—caught in the same tourist hustle, Silver manages to give us a new perspective on famous landmarks we didn’t think possible. <a href="http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/87372/astounding-tilt-shift-perspectives-on-world-monuments/#.UZuSnCv72nk">Read more!</a></em></p> </blockquote>http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/51023638590http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/51023638590Tue, 21 May 2013 19:06:12 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a4dcca874970a74b51c42ae661c517ec/tumblr_mlxslmvOux1r4t9h1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50836602482http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50836602482Sun, 19 May 2013 14:10:48 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a23d5ba732b05886a6bacc4d1d5fbe4e/tumblr_mgx2juAtzR1rhbmclo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50769602224http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50769602224Sat, 18 May 2013 20:03:02 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d4dad1c3b4a5ccbe9445a284348c5114/tumblr_mmzzitEEDj1r3gb3zo1_400.gif"/><br/><br/>http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50769412325http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50769412325Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:14 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6b5f83e7156d2b972b4eeef502f6dd7e/tumblr_mmqu8o2iAt1qzy4blo6_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/839e00fdd1a686529205aab86c254f40/tumblr_mmqu8o2iAt1qzy4blo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/941e577c17ac8ea8b7046adffe8b9ba5/tumblr_mmqu8o2iAt1qzy4blo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e96002d533998b748e137ee98fe9f5fe/tumblr_mmqu8o2iAt1qzy4blo4_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/66bfea57aa856d10f1d989e2ee37d21e/tumblr_mmqu8o2iAt1qzy4blo3_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c990696df8c662c275034304d0652442/tumblr_mmqu8o2iAt1qzy4blo5_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7ea623dadc0d5d8471ecfeb6ccdd80fa/tumblr_mmqu8o2iAt1qzy4blo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/808cb0677248c15a9af4a54bf0953d11/tumblr_mmqu8o2iAt1qzy4blo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/efd66392af2a164f89c1ba5bee2dad81/tumblr_mmqu8o2iAt1qzy4blo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50664421432http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50664421432Fri, 17 May 2013 14:14:15 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6kdobNb1q1rxrgifo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50593797627http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50593797627Thu, 16 May 2013 15:33:28 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0d82fb73ee0d7ab260635ab893f9ef3c/tumblr_mh16qkLKr21rqd92do1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50593492611http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50593492611Thu, 16 May 2013 15:28:43 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8bfdd11937e67393c940140f3dd038e4/tumblr_mhgenoGM9X1r3emxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50519835987http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50519835987Wed, 15 May 2013 17:06:36 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6dhs3TVYX1qjbh3ao1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50519805321http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50519805321Wed, 15 May 2013 17:06:11 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2724d3959cf970a79ff3e89e14056525/tumblr_mlz9vlLSOU1rn63izo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50443287781http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50443287781Tue, 14 May 2013 17:02:21 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/52a976fddf9aa5e2b4dde709dc5346a3/tumblr_mmckbmbPx81rw872io1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d36bfb25bcfa418ac82266da64e927eb/tumblr_mmckbmbPx81rw872io3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/383a86ac2fa411dc01f4a567fa1e68a7/tumblr_mmckbmbPx81rw872io5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2a74bc70b9550a1dfd47e144bd3d1286/tumblr_mmckbmbPx81rw872io7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e5934756420681a59759eb58de7389d7/tumblr_mmckbmbPx81rw872io4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://curioushistory.com/post/49725175599/the-bamboo-forest-of-japan">odditiesoflife</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong>Sagano Bamboo Forest, Japan</strong></em></p> <p><strong>This stunning bamboo forest is located in the Arashiyama district on the west outskirts of Kyoto, Japan. It is one of the most amazing natural sites in the country. An interesting fact about Sagano Bamboo Forest is the sound that the wind makes while it blows through the bamboo. Amazingly enough, this sound has been voted on as one of the “one hundred must-be-preserved sounds of Japan” by the Japanese government. Another interesting fact – the railing on the sides of the road is composed out of old, dry and fallen parts of bamboo.</strong></p> </blockquote>http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50443156600http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50443156600Tue, 14 May 2013 17:00:41 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5ef154d9d9d5114a0d611fdc0a0312fd/tumblr_mmma3ndBvT1raqev0o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://galaxysoldier.tumblr.com/post/50353342570/holy-shit">galaxysoldier</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Holy shit!!!</p> </blockquote>http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50355023143http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50355023143Mon, 13 May 2013 14:28:43 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma36uj5Fmi1rdt98to1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50308245088http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50308245088Sun, 12 May 2013 21:39:15 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7f26a12ce621978dca92b277056cccbc/tumblr_mmar3lmyIY1rdna9ko1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50308204057http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50308204057Sun, 12 May 2013 21:38:45 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f7335aeca731727685376be71873b554/tumblr_mmpr7gJDeS1r312weo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://themagicfarawayttree.tumblr.com/post/50308151410/sophia-goddess-of-wisdom">themagicfarawayttree</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>sophia, goddess of wisdom</p> </blockquote>http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50308182214http://bikerblond.tumblr.com/post/50308182214Sun, 12 May 2013 21:38:29 -0400