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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Incredible




Where two oceans meet... but do not mix! INCREDIBLE AND SIMPLY MIND-BLOWING!!!

These two bodies of water were merging in the middle of The Gulf of Alaska and there was a foam developing only at their junction. It is a result of the melting glaciers being composed of fresh water and the ocean has a higher percentage of salt causing the two bodies of water to have different densities and therefore makes it more difficult to mix. Photograph by Kent Smith.


Blogger Unknown said...

I was the photographer of this image while in Alaska. You can read more about it here http://www.flickr.com/photos/kentsmith9/4955772693/in/set-72157622762300631/ . For those who do not believe the image is real, here are the other shots that lead up to that moment and one after we passed it http://www.flickr.com/photos/kentsmith9/6602530369/in/photostream/
January 3, 2012 3:26 PM
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Blogger Renuka Anush said...

It was such a wonderful pic!!
I really loved the pic and I did some search on internet.
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the salt water and fresh water do not mix and the surface is called "helocline" this can be found in almost all the estuaries
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Cape Agulhas: south Africa
Indian ocean meets and the Atlantic

Cape Horn: near Chile (Drake Passage)
Pacific and Atlantic ocean

Pacific and Indian ocean: near Bali, between Australia and Asia

Arctic and Atlantic ocean: near Greenland

Baring Strait:
Arctic meets Pacific
January 24, 2012 10:41 AM
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

@renuka , elsewhere , ITS not the same phenomena...,There is no other place....where a fresh water glacier meets., Saline water ocean.., This happens only in Gulf of Alaska.., Where the frozen fresh water glacier slides into Pacific ocean., .. In other places....Its just two salt water bodies that meet..,
January 26, 2012 3:01 PM
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3 comments:

Unknown said...

I was the photographer of this image while in Alaska. You can read more about it here http://www.flickr.com/photos/kentsmith9/4955772693/in/set-72157622762300631/ . For those who do not believe the image is real, here are the other shots that lead up to that moment and one after we passed it http://www.flickr.com/photos/kentsmith9/6602530369/in/photostream/

Renuka Anush said...

It was such a wonderful pic!!
I really loved the pic and I did some search on internet.
--
the salt water and fresh water do not mix and the surface is called "helocline" this can be found in almost all the estuaries
-----------------------
Cape Agulhas: south Africa
Indian ocean meets and the Atlantic

Cape Horn: near Chile (Drake Passage)
Pacific and Atlantic ocean

Pacific and Indian ocean: near Bali, between Australia and Asia

Arctic and Atlantic ocean: near Greenland

Baring Strait:
Arctic meets Pacific

Anonymous said...

@renuka , elsewhere , ITS not the same phenomena...,There is no other place....where a fresh water glacier meets., Saline water ocean.., This happens only in Gulf of Alaska.., Where the frozen fresh water glacier slides into Pacific ocean., .. In other places....Its just two salt water bodies that meet..,