Blue ice with a spectacular shape. He looks like a captain ready to follow his sinking ship into their common watery grave. The ice on this lake, Jokulsarlon, comes from an arm of Iceland's largest glacier, Vatnajokul. The black color is caused by volcanic ashes from eruptions of one of the many volcanos under the ice; probably Gjalp or Grimsvotn, which both erupted around the turn of the century.

It has not been enhanced in any way!!! All the features, shapes, colors and penguins are real. Each shot of this magnificent iceberg that I display is a unique shot, photographed with a different lens from a different angle. None of these shots are 'cropped' images from larger shots. An iceberg like this is extremely rare! We found this iceberg totally by accident. It is certainly not something that you would be able to locate intentionally, though many have tried. It is on board a large Russian icebreaker on a trip to the Emperor Penguin colonies on the sea ice of the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

Part of the voyage took the ship to islands in the Scotia Sea, just north of the Antarctic circle. Icebergs were a common site while crossing the several hundred miles of open ocean on our way to these islands. Most appeared as bright white dots on the horizon. They were often visible from eight or more miles away. Then, 'out of the blue', a dark dot appeared on the horizon. The captain was asked to take the ship in that direction. Although it was several miles out of our way, he obliged us. Many of us knew that old glacial ice appeared dark instead of white. But none of us was prepared for what we were about to see. That changed when I learned to edit the photo, and adjusted color and contrast to fit what I remembered I saw there. The response on the edited version was immediate and strong.