blue ice
Dense glacial layer
Blue ice is ice that appears blue rather than white, typically old glacial ice compressed enough that air bubbles have escaped, allowing it to absorb red light and reflect blue.
The term also refers to frozen human waste jettisoned from aircraft lavatories, which occasionally falls to earth: A chunk of blue ice crashed through their roof.
Slow-moving ice mass
- crevasseDeep glacial fissure
- moraineGlacier-deposited debris pile
- seracGlacial ice pinnacle
- firnYear-old compacting snow
icefall · calving · icecap · icefield · ablation · accumulation · cryosphere · compressed
Paved path for planes
- taxiwayAircraft ground route
- deicingRemoving frozen accumulation
- aircraftAirborne transportation vehicle
- hazardSource of potential harm
visibility · tarmac · ground crew · inspection · slick · takeoff · landing · apron
Lacking friction, hard-to-grasp
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
- hazardousLikely to cause injury
- hypothermiaDangerously low body temperature
- frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
exposure · peril · unstable · hidden · deceptive · fall · injury · accident
Unintended fluid escape
- falling debrisObjects dropping from height
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
- chemical treatmentApplying substances to transform materials
- fuselageAircraft's central structure
glacier
Slow-moving ice mass
firn · icefall · calving · icecap · icefield · ablation · accumulation · cryosphere · compressed · dense
runway
Paved path for planes
- taxiwayAircraft ground route
- deicingRemoving frozen accumulation
- aircraftAirborne transportation vehicle
hazard · visibility · tarmac · ground crew · inspection · slick · takeoff · landing · apron · ramp
slippery
Lacking friction, hard-to-grasp
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
- hazardousLikely to cause injury
- hypothermiaDangerously low body temperature
frostbite · exposure · peril · unstable · hidden · deceptive · fall · injury · accident · warning
leakage
Unintended fluid escape
- falling debrisObjects dropping from height
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
- chemical treatmentApplying substances to transform materials
fuselage · discharge · sky · rare · incident · impact · contamination
- ice and snowicicle, glacier, hail, sleet, snowflake
- icefloe, skating rink, rink, polar cap, frozen lake
- glaciersglacier, crevasse, glacial movement, moraine, firn
- IcelandReykjavik, volcano, volcanoes, geyser, geysers
- mountaineeringsummit, alpinist, mountaineer, crampons, crampon
- Glacier BayGustavus, icebergs, calving, glacial retreat, crevasses
blue icefresh snow
Recently fallen precipitation
powder snow · white ice · firn · seasonal ice · slush
blue iceliquid water
H2O in flowing state
meltwater · water vapor · steam · running water · open water
blue icemolten lava
Heated rock from eruptions
magma · boiling water · red-hot · fire · volcanic rock
blue, ice, iced, iceberg, bluish, bluer, iciness, blueness, bluest