Untitled (16 February 2009, 17:01:30 GMT), Antarctica Vol. 2 (Land Ice)Untitled (16 February 2009, 1
Untitled (16 February 2009, 17:01:30 GMT), Antarctica Vol. 2 (Land Ice)Untitled (16 February 2009, 17:02:10 GMT), Antarctica Vol. 2 (Land Ice)Erika Blumenfeld2009Digital pigment print22x17 inchesEdition of 20 (One of a suite of 8 photographs housed in an embossed hand-made portfolio box)The Land Ice volume depicts various formations of surface ice that occur on the continent of Antarctica as a result of the incredible force of the wind. Catabatic winds blow out from the elevated ice sheets toward the sea. The buildup of high density cold air, combined with high elevation brings enormous gravitational energy, which propels the winds to incredible speed, sometimes surpassing even hurricane force. The winds carve a deep incurvation at the base of the rock mountains as they blow around them, forming ice walls that are upwards of fifty feet high. These images were taken inside the wind scoop at the base of Vesleskarvet, a nunatak at the northeastern edge of the Ahlmann Ridge Range in the Queen Maud Land area of Antarctica. They portray the rippling and bubbling of the frozen lake on the floor of the wind scoop, as well as the wind’s carving of the surface of the towering ice walls. -- source link
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