Does this "Disturbing Footage" show we're on the verge of a horrific time in history?

[Wowbagger]

Does this "Disturbing Footage" show we're on the verge of a horrific time in history?

https://rumble.com/v4w66wq-disturbi..._z_Z9XN4XqeOyiI0HiNNUrs22ksngfrKkxQGoHy4FU1tz

So, apparently, it's just black-colored ice. I found this article about it: https://www.usatoday.com/videos/new...ards-alaskan-glacier-hits-iceberg/7787542001/

But, it got me thinking: What would cause ice to be that dark? Any experts want to weigh in on that? I know it's NOT part of some grand conspiracy to control the weather. But, I would like to know more about what it actually is, so I can forward to some folks I know who are a bit concerned. Thanks!

 

[Shrinker]

Is it black or just very transparent?

Very old ice from the bottom of glaciers is very dense and pure and doesn't have the white frostiness we normal expect from icebergs. In that case it can have a very dark blue appearance.

The video here shows how the deepest ice is the darkest.

There's a little more here.

Black ice – beautiful, but dreaded in Greenland
Black ice is very beautiful, but dreaded all over Greenland. Actually, it is not black, but transparent. Black ice only looks black, when it is lying in the water. Above the water it is clear. It is made of rain water that has gathered in crevasses and froze.

There is almost no air in this type of ice. That is why it is very heavy in the water. Often only a tiny bit of it is visible on top of the water surface. They can look like sea turtles, where you only can see a small part of their shield. They can even be compared with liquid stones. When we are going by boat in Greenland, we are always on watch. Black ice is harder to locate than other kinds of ice. At the same time, it can be very hard on the ship’s hull.

 

[welshdean]

Moraine collected (but not deposited at the terminus) by a glacier can 'contaminate' the ice, giving it a blackened colouration and is very common.

ETA: 'O' Level Geography from 1984 - I am not an expert.

 

[Wowbagger]

The video here shows how the deepest ice is the darkest.

Your links were quite handy. Especially that video!

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

What on Earth makes you go right to, "this is disturbing" instead of, "I wonder what makes sea ice black?"

Answer: lots of things.

 

[Cosmic Yak]

Betteridge's Law of Headlines proven correct again, it would seem.

 

[Carrot Flower King]

Moraine collected (but not deposited at the terminus) by a glacier can 'contaminate' the ice, giving it a blackened colouration and is very common.

ETA: 'O' Level Geography from 1984 - I am not an expert.

Yeah, kinda what I remember - BSc in environmental sciences and observation of a couple of glacier snouts.

 

[alfaniner]

Here's something cool I came across during a thaw.
(NOTE: I tried to copy a time code but jump ahead to 2:13 for what I meant.)

 

[Checkmite]

What on Earth makes you go right to, "this is disturbing" instead of, "I wonder what makes sea ice black?"

This is part of a larger trend that I've lately noticed, which has been bothering me - and that is humans, broadly, more and more commonly treating anything they encounter in nature that is outside of their personal experience as disturbing or even "suspicious" rather than viewing it with a sense of wonder or at least positive curiosity. People see unusual cloud shapes and they don't think "whoa, that's so neat", they think "what technology is responsible for this?"

 

[sackett]

One of my most enjoyably eerie experiences was walking on ~250 mm-thick ice on Lake Desmet in Wyoming.
Large areas were blown clear of snow, and I found myself standing on utter blackness: the ice was invisibly transparent, and I could look down into the lightless depths of the lake. It was like walking across deep space, as if I were some strange god.

Even better were the booms and artillery-like crashes that echoed through the ice and the depths of the lake. They were the reports of cracks propagating within the whole enormous mass as slight changes in air pressure caused vertical shifts to occur, stressing the ice past its fracture point. Each boom sounded like a catastrophic break in the ice, as if it must surely open up right between my feet! and then grind shut over me. Scarey? Yer dang tooten.

But in fact, the ice sheet was locked solid inside the entire shoreline of the lake, and the cracks shot noisily but immovably. An army could march over it in perfect safety.

Those boom-crash shock waves also echoed off the bottom of the lake (nowhere much deeper than 50 meters) and up against the underside of the ice, and back again and again, creating a huge, rapid, diminishing boom boom bang wham dull thud. Until the next crack.

Add in a near-black sky, a shrieking wind, dry blowing snow as sharp as sand, and minus 10 F.

And I hope I can do it again some January.

 

[Emre_1974tr]

Quran 18:29

And say, "The truth is from your Lord. Whoever wills let him believe. And whoever wills let him disbelieve". We have prepared for the unjust a Fire, whose curtains will hem them in. And when they cry for relief, they will be relieved with water like tar, which scalds the faces. What a miserable drink, and what a terrible place.


٢٩ وَقُلِ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ ۖ فَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيُؤْمِنْ وَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ ۚ إِنَّا أَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ نَارًا أَحَاطَ بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَا ۚ وَإِنْ يَسْتَغِيثُوا يُغَاثُوا بِمَاءٍ كَالْمُهْلِ يَشْوِي الْوُجُوهَ ۚ بِئْسَ الشَّرَابُ وَسَاءَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا

https://www.miracles-of-quran.com/superionic_water.html

 

[ahhell]

Is it black or just very transparent?

Very old ice from the bottom of glaciers is very dense and pure and doesn't have the white frostiness we normal expect from icebergs. In that case it can have a very dark blue appearance.

The video here shows how the deepest ice is the darkest.

There's a little more here.

That, well known thing in the US west, black ice. Not black but transparent, looks black on account of what's under it.

That being said, the video just looks like dirty ice.

Edit, honestly the video is a guy going,"here's a thing I can't personally explain there for conspricy. May as well be aliens as governments.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Quran 18:29

And say, "The truth is from your Lord. Whoever wills let him believe. And whoever wills let him disbelieve". We have prepared for the unjust a Fire, whose curtains will hem them in. And when they cry for relief, they will be relieved with water like tar, which scalds the faces. What a miserable drink, and what a terrible place.


٢٩ وَقُلِ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ ۖ فَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيُؤْمِنْ وَمَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْ ۚ إِنَّا أَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ نَارًا أَحَاطَ بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَا ۚ وَإِنْ يَسْتَغِيثُوا يُغَاثُوا بِمَاءٍ كَالْمُهْلِ يَشْوِي الْوُجُوهَ ۚ بِئْسَ الشَّرَابُ وَسَاءَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا

https://www.miracles-of-quran.com/superionic_water.html

Science is DEFINITELY not your best subject.

 

[bruto]

A quick look at the video, and it's certain the ice is darker than the ocean around it, as ice tends to be. But the ocean around it is gray. How blue the ocean appears, and likewise how blue crystalline ice appears in it can vary depending both on the light and the camera recording it. How much of this disturbing video can be attributed to poor color correction?

The conspiracy part of the video is hilariously silly. What a grave responsibility it must be to be the smartest sleuth in the world. See an iceberg off a cruise ship and voila, you've uncovered the secret cabal of the world masters. Teach your children well.

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[Lukraak_Sisser]

One of my most enjoyably eerie experiences was walking on ~250 mm-thick ice on Lake Desmet in Wyoming.
Large areas were blown clear of snow, and I found myself standing on utter blackness: the ice was invisibly transparent, and I could look down into the lightless depths of the lake. It was like walking across deep space, as if I were some strange god.

Even better were the booms and artillery-like crashes that echoed through the ice and the depths of the lake. They were the reports of cracks propagating within the whole enormous mass as slight changes in air pressure caused vertical shifts to occur, stressing the ice past its fracture point. Each boom sounded like a catastrophic break in the ice, as if it must surely open up right between my feet! and then grind shut over me. Scarey? Yer dang tooten.

But in fact, the ice sheet was locked solid inside the entire shoreline of the lake, and the cracks shot noisily but immovably. An army could march over it in perfect safety.

Those boom-crash shock waves also echoed off the bottom of the lake (nowhere much deeper than 50 meters) and up against the underside of the ice, and back again and again, creating a huge, rapid, diminishing boom boom bang wham dull thud. Until the next crack.

Add in a near-black sky, a shrieking wind, dry blowing snow as sharp as sand, and minus 10 F.

And I hope I can do it again some January.

I've had a similar experience walking across the frozen IJsselmeer in the Netherlands in 1997. Conditions were perfect so the ice was black. We always hoped for black ice, because that's the best to skate on, but it requires specific conditions to form.

I doubt I'll repeat the experience though, it's never frozen over since.