Every night I have certain rituals that must be executed, or else. Not sure what else really, but I fear that it involves my hospitalization. Let us say that in order to avoid nervous breakdowns, I visit a handful of science sites, particularly looking for the latest satellite images, winding down in controlled forms and then I hit the hay.


As you might realize by looking at the publication time of some of my articles here on Science 2.0, I say goodnight usually more precisely early in the morning. During today's (or rather this morning) ritual I discovered some pretty ponds with the power to keep me up even longer.  Evidently, I simply had to share this gorgeous picture of an iceberg called Petermann Ice Island because of its huge dimensions, with you alls.


Wanna play in the Petermann Pond? Check out details here .The pond in context. Credit: Nasa

Patrick here on Science 2.0 has a hang-up on ice. Most of the time he stays on the top of the world with his monthly reports from the Arctic. However, the breakups of Antarctic glaciers are able to make him take a glance at the other end of the world as well. Here is his observation of the breakup of the breakup, when Petermann ice island broke into two. You can follow his links for more on the history of the pond container.

And that's it. Now I can go to bed.

I hope you'll enjoy the virtual play in the pond on an Antarctic ice island!