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Black iceberg spotted off Labrador could be result of an asteroid strike
nationalpost.com ^ | June 18, 2025 | Chris Knight

Posted on 06/19/2025 9:19:37 AM PDT by Red Badger

Hallur Antoniussen took this picture in May with the caption: "Not everyday you see a black iceberg." Photo by Hallur Antoniussen /Facebook Article content A rare black iceberg photographed off the coast of Labrador has been making the rounds of social media on this planet, but its unusual colour could be the result of it carrying material from another world.

Article content The picture first surfaced last month after a fish harvester from Carbonear, N.L., took a photo of it while fishing for shrimp last month.

Article content Article content Hallur Antoniussen, 64, was working aboard the Saputi, a factory freezer trawler operated by the Qikiqtaaluk Fisheries Corporation, off the coast of Labrador in mid-May, when he spotted the black berg.

“I have seen icebergs that are rolled, what they say have rolled in the beach with some rocks in it,” he told CBC Radio’s Labrador Morning show. “This one here is completely different. It’s not only that he is all black. He is almost … in a diamond shape.”

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TOPICS: Astronomy; History; Outdoors; Science; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: astronomy; bolide; catastrophism; impact; labrador; meteorite; meteorites; science

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1 posted on 06/19/2025 9:19:37 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
Perhaps it's just a DEIceberg.
2 posted on 06/19/2025 9:21:11 AM PDT by budj (Combat vet, 2nd of 3 generations.)
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To: Red Badger

Black iceberg, in honor of “Juneteenth” perhaps?


3 posted on 06/19/2025 9:22:22 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: Red Badger

Asteroid fell from the sky because of global warming


4 posted on 06/19/2025 9:22:59 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: Red Badger

Why would it be floating?


5 posted on 06/19/2025 9:23:21 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: budj

It is being oppressed by the white iceberg in the distance. It is just horrible.


6 posted on 06/19/2025 9:24:49 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Red Badger

Don’t they make vodka from the icebergs up there , black vodka from this one


7 posted on 06/19/2025 9:25:00 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Red Badger

What would the yellow iceberg signify?


8 posted on 06/19/2025 9:25:15 AM PDT by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest hole. You had so much to offer, why didya offer your sou?)
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To: crusty old prospector

Ouch.


9 posted on 06/19/2025 9:25:17 AM PDT by Palio di Siena (Kralik…..you get the wallet)
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To: Red Badger

Are we supposed to call it an African LabradorIan Iceberg?


10 posted on 06/19/2025 9:25:49 AM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
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To: crusty old prospector

Frozen water isn’t as dense as liquid water, so ice is bouyant. What you see above the surface of the water is just a fraction of what is hidden below.


11 posted on 06/19/2025 9:32:44 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: Red Badger

Looks like an oversized version of a winter road booger that fell off a car in Buffalo, lol.


12 posted on 06/19/2025 9:35:02 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: Red Badger

Before anyone beats me to it, Climate Change!


13 posted on 06/19/2025 9:35:14 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: All

Could be penguins with magic markers…


14 posted on 06/19/2025 9:36:11 AM PDT by bennowens
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To: piasa

Hmmm. Not sure you’re correct. Tell you what: in a while I’m going to make me an Old Fashioned, and I’ll let you know if the ice cubes float


15 posted on 06/19/2025 9:39:07 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Dixie Yooper

yes, i think I see a polar bear standing on top of it


16 posted on 06/19/2025 9:40:55 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Red Badger
"Not everyday you see a black iceberg."

There goes the ice cap.

17 posted on 06/19/2025 9:41:33 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: crusty old prospector

It’s being supported by some not so black iceberg below the surface.


18 posted on 06/19/2025 9:43:39 AM PDT by xp38
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To: crusty old prospector; piasa

The black iceberg might be pykrete, made up of charred ancient forest burned from what ever.


19 posted on 06/19/2025 9:44:35 AM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Red Badger

It’s a space poopy, ask Joe Dirt.


20 posted on 06/19/2025 9:45:43 AM PDT by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
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