EVER SEEN AN ICEBERG FROM TOP TO BOTTOM? This is REALLY a beautiful photo. |
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Now you know why the Titanic sank. This photograph came from a Rig manager for Global Marine Drilling in St. John, Newfoundland. They actually have to divert the path of these things away from the rig by towing them with ships. In this particular case the water was calm and the sun was almost directly overhead so that the diver was able to get into the water and click this picture. They estimated the weight at 300,000,000 tons |
Latest news I have received regarding this photo.
From: "Peter Bowen"
November 2003 14:21
Subject: Iceberg Photo on your website
Dear Headmaster Slater,
Your website http://dovergrammar.co.uk/Gems/geography-iceberg.htm is misleading
and contains a fake!!!
You really should research your information before posting information which is
not true.
Origins: Charming story, but this picture is actually an image called 'The
Essence of Imagination," marketed by Successories, the "premiere source for
motivational media."
This image was produced in 1999 by Ralph A. Clevenger, a professional nature and
underwater photographer who is also a member of the faculty of the Brooks
Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. As Mr. Clevenger
explained, this image is not a single photograph but a composite of four
different photographs (not all taken in the same place):
The iceberg image is a digital composite that I designed to illustrate the
concept of "what you see is not necessarily what you get". As an underwater
photographer I knew that my "vision" of what a big iceberg looks like was
impossible to get in reality so I had to create it. The image exists in nature
but due to water visibility is not possible to capture on film.
There are 4 separate images involved; the sky, the background, the top iceberg
(shot in Antarctica), and the underwater iceberg (shot above water in Alaska and
flipped in the final composite).
Last updated: 2 July 2001
Peter Bowen R.G.D. Communications Administrator
The SPi Group Inc.
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email: peter.bowen@thespigroup.com
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I also received an Email from Jason Ellis saying:-
7th Feb 2004
I just wonder why you have this fake iceberg
picture on your site for everyone to see. It is a fake picture that you are
falsely claiming to be real. Why must people go on the internet and see images
and stories that seem to be real but are fake. You are setting a terrible
example by doing this and should remove the image immediately.
Thanks
Jason Ellis
Here is the link to find out the truth about the picture.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/iceberg.asp
Well, thanks for the above information, as you can see, I haven't removed it, but have updated the information so that it is no longer misleading. 7th Feb 2004.