Large quantities of water from melting ice have created what researchers are calling a "sensational" grotto under one of Norway's major glaciers.

The researchers discovered the grotto last fall under the Nigard Glacier, an arm of the famed Jostedal Glacier in Luster, in the western county of Sogn og Fjordane.

Its opening is around five meters high and inside is the grotto which measures about eight meters high, 20-30 meters deep and around 20 meters wide.

The ice grotto was described as "fantastic," with "extremely blue" colors and large icicles hanging from its ceiling but is changing from day to day as ice is a "moving phenomenon."

The grotto is believed to have been created by rising temperatures.

Source: Aftenposten
Tags: Grotto | Ice Cathedral | Ice | Glacier | Nature

Posted by Spluch on 20 January, 2008 at 20:25 | Permalink |