Magnificent iceberg photograph

This is an update.

Typically, around 90% of the volume of an iceberg is under water, and that portion's shape can be difficult to surmise from looking at what is visible above the surface. This remarkable photograph is only possible as a result of calm sea conditions, excellent water clarity and a direct exposure to sunlight at the time it was taken. This particular iceberg is estimated to weigh over 300 million tonnes.

Link & Image: XinHuaNet


Update: Readers pointed out that this impressive image is not a real photograph, but a composite. Here is a snippet from Snopes:

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).

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