When the Ice Is Gone by photostar
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Description
I read recently that another huge chunk of the ice sheet has cracked apart from the Antarctic continent. Suppose, eventually, it is all gone and has melted...would this be the new look of Antarctica?
Enjoy and thanks for viewing and commenting...
Bryce
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The water effect is actually produced by a cloud layer mat.

Comments (43)
When Antarctica get to look like that, in our latitutes wewould be long fried. And that chuck of ice was a big a sthe Isle of Wight. Food for thought. This landscape, freshly revealed looks set to be heated up a lot, and thats the feeling of the image- though the vegetation may get thicker if it rains from time to time? Another great terrain. Another great image.
It´s always a great pleasure to look at your art! - 5+++
A interesting vision and idea Keith! A very Fantastic landscape! :D
WOW!!!!! Absolutely brilliantly realistic scene!!! Excellent as is all your work!!!
Fantastic landscape and amazing work.
Your terrain work is fabulous, as always. Could this also happen with reversal of magnetic poles or continental drift?
Wonderful vista, lighting and presentation, Keith!!!
Fantastic work, Keith! Wonderful light and image!
Love the lighting in this one! Fantastic terrain work! Trees/shrubs have a very realistic look. Great job Keith!:))))
Wonderful image! Superb textures and light! 5+
While I hope the scene depicted doesn't come to pass, the render is lovely non-the-less. Gorgeous terrain.
very surreal landscape and could very well be the new north pole
I read the same story this week...makes you wonder if it's global warming or tectonic plate movement allowing magma to escape from the ocean floor and heat up the water.Great terrains in this one Keith,like how you stacked them into each other...lighting is good too,the atmo in your sky is very convincing!If this were the real result,I think we'd see more algae or moss like plants at first,the bigger plants would come once some sort of stronghold would be established...but then,who knows what plants lie dormant beneath that ice layer.Well done Keith,you've got us marvelling at your image and musing over it's concept!!
Well done !
I read that the man who mappen the Antarctica looked at his map and say to hom self "I saw this somewheres" He went to the British Muscim and look at the old maps he saw a long time ago and saw the map there done centurys ago and it was a copy that goes way back. It did not have the ice there but showed rivers and lakes it was like a topical land. Map was done before the New World was finded. Make you wonder. Is our scence as good as they say? this is super looking. Oh ever time the world do warm up the world do better. more food and more people too lol
Exato sua informação, excelente perpectiva do que acontecerá. Como de costume magnifica realização, aplausos (5)
Great idea and excellent landscape!
Great mountains and terrains composition. Cool image.
Great image, and food for thought for sure!!
WOW......WOW.....WOW....WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another fantastic landscape and superb terrain work Keith!! Excellent work with the trees and sky!!
Excellent geological formations with some very intriguing mats. I like the framing with the foreground, and especially the milky look to the water.
NIce Bryce work, very well done..
Lovely scene, Keith. Great lighting and a fine sense of distance. Your incredible style shines through again!
Fantastic work!!!!
I too saw on the news that ice chunk broke, a very LARGE, ice chunk. By the time it looks like this, we should be long gone. Hopefully, I hate to see the beautiful Arctic unfreeze, it would be a shame. Anyway, your picture here, you've done an excellent job connecting the atmosphere with the terrain. The distant terrains almost hidden in the haze gives it a really nice depth. Another excellent composition.
Beautiful landscape, Keith. Excellent effect on the water and awesome atmosphere.
Very nice Keith :-) love this sky! and the multiple pools of water is a greattouch here!
hard to imagine trees and greenness is Antartica isn't it?
Stunning work! 5!