I recently saw a Snopes write up on striped icebergs. I would love to post the images here directly for you, and while they've circled the globe via email and blog posts aplenty recently, they are indeed copyrighted. I realize most blogs (mine included) and websites push the limits of fair use at times, but I saw posts where the copyright was clearly visible (although not on Snopes). While I was looking for the photos, I came across some other magnificent iceberg pictures as well. I've chosen to provide links to the images and articles, partly because I don't like the idea of infringing on photos I've seen a clear copyright on, and partly because there are too many images. Even if you don't take the time to read the accompanying text, I hope you'll take a moment to marvel at the incredible natural beauty of these icebergs.

Follow up:

The photos shown on Snopes are perhaps some of the most incredible pictures I've seen of these majestic natural beauties. The pictures were verified as being real and have a very scientific explanation as to how they are formed. Interestingly there was quite a discussion on the validity of the picture  in the forums. One person had similar pictures they were able to post which were quite stunning.

There are other gorgeous pictures that are not real however. In this article, we find the picture, while theoretically possible, is actually a compilation of other pictures, merged to show what nature might look like if we could capture the images. It is a stunning compilation though, and well worth a look. The "creator" never claimed it was a real photo - it was the rapid response of the internet that catapulted it to fame.

While I was looking up these two photo sets, I stumbled upon some other images of Antarctica,  many which are positively amazing. Take a look at these wonderful iceberg formations from Antarctica.  And for all the stripes and colors of the other icebergs, I find the jade iceberg shown half way down this page perhaps one of the most beautiful images of all.

Most of us will never have the opportunity to see these natural wonders for ourselves, so we can only infer the size, the magnificence of one of these icebergs from these photos.