The Crying Glacier

This striking image of a crying glacier (a perfect example of pareidolia) is from a melting glacier in in the Arctic ice cap of Norway. Marine photographer and environmental lecturer Michael Nolan snapped the photos:

At first glimpse it looks like any other glacier you might find in the freezing Arctic wastes of Norway.

But on closer inspection an eerie face is depicted in the melting ice wall that appears to be crying a river of tears.

The forlorn-looking ‘Mother Nature’ figure appeared to locals during a thaw, with the melting ice and snow falling towards the sea below.

The striking image of the Austfonna ice cap, located on Nordaustlandet in the Svalbard archipelago, would seem certain to be heavily used by environmentalists protesting against climate change.

Alex Millson of The Daily Mail has more: Link (Photo: Michael Nolan/SpecialistStock/Barcroft Media. Via: Neatorama

Fantastic Ice Cathedral Grotto Under Norway’s Glacier

Melting ice has created a fantastic "ice cathedral" in a grotto under the Nigard Glacier, one of Norway’s major glaciers:
The ice grotto is "fantastic," with "extremely blue" colors and large icicles hanging from its ceiling. "But it’s changing from day to day."
The grotto is believed to have been created by rising temperatures. "It’s the running water under the ice that has made the ice over it melt." LINK