A photographer's recent snaps of a cheeky iceberg have delighted social media users... and it's not hard to see why.

As reported by news.com.au, Canadian drone photographer Ken Pretty recently took to social media to share a series of stunning photographs captured off the coast of Newfoundland.

The Dildo resident (that sounds like a joke, but I promise it is a real town) recently told CBC News that his humorous snaps were captured on Thursday (April 27) at Harbour Grace, and have garnered quite a response from fellow Facebook users.

"I'm gettin' a lot of response, a lot of reaction to the photo because of its resemblance to... part of the male anatomy, say," Pretty said.

Pretty said that he knew the iceberg - nicknamed the "dickie berg" - had the potential to go viral online, and after sharing the snaps on Facebook, they have since been shared over 5,000 times.

He even captioned one of the images: "Guess I will get a few comments on this one".

And the response in the comments section has been just as hilarious as the actual photos, with one person commenting: "Judging by the photo, it can't too cold out."

A second quipped: "New definition of blue balls".

"Tourism should rise now," a third added, with a fourth joking: "Now if that ain’t the tip of the iceberg I don’t know what is."

Although the berg has brought a lot of joy to social media users, Pretty says that he was lucky to capture the shots, due to the fact that it is melting so quickly.

CBC reported on Friday that data from the Canadian Ice Service data is currently showing over 200 icebergs off the coast of Newfoundland - with dozens more seen off the coast of Labrador.

Diane Davis - who runs a Facebook group for keen iceberg hunters in the area - told CBC: "Onshore winds brought in both the pack ice and the bergs. If the trend holds up, we should see them for May and June, too.

"Mother Nature only gave us a handful last year."

Nevertheless, it just goes to show you; there are still a lot of things that can make us smile on social media - it's not all doom and gloom. Thanks for spreading some much-needed joy, Ken!

Featured image credit: Claude Huot / Alamy

[caption id="attachment_4916" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @ElijahPorterMom[/caption] Extreme weather conditions have been the cause of quite a few scary news stories recently - the tragedy of the recent Australian bushfires, for instance. On the other side of the world, Canada is dealing with the exact opposite problem as Newfoundland and Labrador have been hit by the worst blizzard in half a century. But, while global warming is no laughing matter, the situation in Canada is slightly less devastating than the one in Australia. So, being a good-humored people, the Canadians have taken to the internet to share pictures of the ridiculous weather conditions they're having to put up with. A lot of them demonstrate that good humor in the face of such a bizarre situation, while others are spookily beautiful. So let's see if we can put the scarier, sadder side of global warming to the back of our minds for once and enjoy these photos that show the lighter side of it. [post_page_title]#1 Snowman[/post_page_title] Get used to pictures of massive snowbanks that have built up outside the door, by the way. There are a LOT of them. [caption id="attachment_4917" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @Mk2995[/caption] It's a bit of luck they had the exact props they needed to make this snowman already lying around the house because they wouldn't have been able to pop out for them. [post_page_title]#2 Fingerprints[/post_page_title] Another "snowbank outside my door" photo. A little less creative than the first, but still impressive. [caption id="attachment_4918" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @Jason_Sheppard_[/caption] I'm a big fan of the handprints on this one, which seems to suggest that somebody patted the snow ineffectually before realizing that wasn't going to do any good. [post_page_title]#3 Snowfall Meter[/post_page_title] It must be a terrible feeling to realize that, as the blizzard settles in, you've got nothing to do but sit back and watch it. Luckily, this person found a way to pass the time. [caption id="attachment_4919" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @BCbaydoll[/caption] Let's hope they didn't use a permanent marker, as it'd be a shame for your window to become a constant reminder of that boring morning you spent watching the snowfall. [post_page_title]#4 Blanketed House[/post_page_title] This house has been so perfectly blanketed that it looks like a blank, factory-reset model of a house that you'd buy before painting it whatever colors you wanted. [caption id="attachment_4920" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @kevinru70846539[/caption] There are no footsteps anywhere, so presumably, the person who took this photo didn't actually come FROM the house. I wonder if they knocked to check that everyone was ok? [post_page_title]#5 Dinosaur Attack[/post_page_title] As with the snowman, if you're stuck in your house, you've got to make your own fun with whatever you have to hand. Looks like these guys had a dinosaur head just lying around. [caption id="attachment_4921" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @videogirlprod[/caption] Either that or this is an actual photo of a real dinosaur attack happening in the middle of a blizzard. Let's hope for the former. [post_page_title]#6 Snow Canyon[/post_page_title] There are two possible explanations for this picture, as well. One is that a monumental clearing effort has gone into getting the snow off this road. [caption id="attachment_4922" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @artcgreen[/caption] The other is that there was some sort of giant snake or worm sleeping here when the snow fell, which has now slithered off. I know which explanation I prefer. [post_page_title]#7 Confused Dog[/post_page_title] This poor dog is probably used to this fence being considerably taller than it is here, and is struggling to work out why it now seems to be so much smaller than him. [caption id="attachment_4924" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @Laing90125[/caption] Poor guy must have very cold feet, as well. [post_page_title]#8 Romantic Snow Dinner[/post_page_title] A romantic dinner for two by candlelight surrounded by snow. The perfect date! Very romantic and atmospheric, and the perfect excuse for lots of cuddling if it gets too cold. [caption id="attachment_4925" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @musicschooldean[/caption] It would be tricky for the food to stay warm for very long, though, so I hope they eat quickly. [post_page_title]#9 One Headlamp Exposed[/post_page_title] It looks like this picture was taken after quite a lot of work with how deep the snowdrift is and how much seems to have been dug out of it. [caption id="attachment_4926" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @JodyJFoss[/caption] It must be particularly frustrating, then, to have only exposed one of the car's lights after all that effort. Back to work! [post_page_title]#10 Open Sunroof[/post_page_title] This guy accidentally left his sunroof open just before the blizzard hit, which has left him with a much larger clean-up job than everybody else. [caption id="attachment_4927" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @StephenGorman13[/caption] I hope he clears it out before it melts, or the upholstery is going to be ruined! [post_page_title]#11 Car Iceberg[/post_page_title] The sheer shard of snow pointing out on the right there is a scary thing. I'd be very wary of walking anywhere near it in case it all collapsed. [caption id="attachment_4928" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @HasanHaiNL[/caption] But I suppose the priority is digging the car out, so any potential avalanches can be dealt with later. [post_page_title]#12 Light At The End Of The Tunnel[/post_page_title] This one's pretty spooky. Whether that light is a car headlight, the moon, or something altogether more supernatural I don't know, but it makes for an atmospheric photo. [caption id="attachment_4929" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Imgur @GameOfThors[/caption] I guess if you saw this and heard mysterious voices calling for you to walk towards the light, then you'd know for sure that something weird was going on. I'll just hope it's a car headlight. [post_page_title]#13 Roadsign[/post_page_title] I like to imagine that this woman has walked past this roadsign every day cursing it for being taller than her, and hoping that one day she'll get to put it in its place. [caption id="attachment_4930" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @carriecomerfor1[/caption] After the blizzard, she finally gets her wish and can make that roadsign feel pretty silly for having been so tall all this time. [post_page_title]#14 A Perfectly Preserved Door[/post_page_title] Again, not quite as creative as our friend the snowman earlier on, but full marks for having preserved such a perfect impression of their front door in the snow. [caption id="attachment_4932" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Reddit @WillOfTheLand[/caption] Now if they ever wanted to clone their front door, they've got a perfect cast to base it off! [post_page_title]#15 Cold Dog[/post_page_title] I hope very much that this family dug a small hole and then encouraged their dog to sit in it for the photo. Because the alternative is that this dog got buried in snow and had to be dug out. [caption id="attachment_4916" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @ElijahPorterMom[/caption] He looks such an adorable guy that I wouldn't wish that fate on him so I sure hope this was just a cute photo opp. [post_page_title]#16 Tall Man[/post_page_title] As with the dog previously, it's hard to tell if this guy has dug a gap big enough for him to stand in, or if he was encased in snow, hands in the air, for hours and has only just been freed. [caption id="attachment_4933" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @Garthero[/caption] If it's the second, his arms must be very tired and I hope he gets the chance to go and relax somewhere. [post_page_title]#17 Windows[/post_page_title] All I can think about is how scared I'd be of the glass smashing and snow just pouring into my home. I hope they held out for long enough. [caption id="attachment_4934" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @ElijahPorterMom[/caption] I also think the plastic sheet they've got on the table is a little strange, but I guess there are more important things to worry about. [post_page_title]#18 Snow Arch[/post_page_title] Whether this happened naturally or has been dug out this way, I don't know, but it looks an awful lot of fun. I'd probably start off by daring friends to run underneath it without it collapsing on them. [caption id="attachment_4935" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @JCFPC[/caption] Then if that got too boring, I'd start daring people to climb up and walk across it. Might end in tears, though. [post_page_title]#19 Nature's Fridge[/post_page_title] Here we find someone who's really turning the blizzard to their own advantage by turning a snowdrift into a natural fridge. [caption id="attachment_4936" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @SouWesterSoul[/caption] There's still plenty of room for a few more bottles as well, or maybe to freeze some leftovers and have them again later in the week. [post_page_title]#20 Scared Dog[/post_page_title] I don't know if this dog has ever seen snow before, but whether he has or not, his body language seems to suggest that he doesn't trust it one little bit. [caption id="attachment_4937" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Imgur @GameOfThors[/caption] I hope he wasn't told that he has to go out into it and was allowed to spend the evening sitting around in his pyjamas if that's what he wanted. [post_page_title]#21 Car Trenches[/post_page_title] People seem to have put a lot of effort into digging trenches so they can get to their cars, though I don't know why. It doesn't look like they'll be able to get very far in them even when they have dug them out. [caption id="attachment_4938" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @BairdTom[/caption] But I guess on a snow day you've got to fill your time somehow, right? [post_page_title]#22 Digging Out The Door[/post_page_title] Not content to just take a photo of the snowbank that has built up outside his door, this guy has decided to take action and dig his way to freedom. [caption id="attachment_4940" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @barhaven[/caption] Unfortunately, it looks like his bath isn't quite big enough to hold it all, so maybe he'll have to wait a little longer. [post_page_title]#23 Snow Bales[/post_page_title] I can't believe that this little kid dug out all those snow bales! That pile is absolutely enormous! He must have had help from somebody. Or is this the hardest-working kid of all time? [caption id="attachment_4941" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @JoFennelly[/caption] Either way, good on him. He looks very proud of himself, and he should be, he's done a great job and also kept things very neat. [post_page_title]#24 Under The Bonnet[/post_page_title] After hours digging out trenches to get to your car, it must be very frustrating to realize that you can't go anywhere in it yet until you've also dug out all the snow inside the thing. [caption id="attachment_4942" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @Chantel76576879[/caption] I also don't know enough about cars to know which bit you should focus on digging out first. Maybe calling the AA out was the best thing to do all along. [post_page_title]#25 Door Selfie[/post_page_title] This guy is so impressed with the snowbank outside his door that he's decided to take a photo of himself next to it, looking very proud indeed. [caption id="attachment_4943" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @art_colored[/caption] Does anybody want to tell him that there are about seven other pictures of doors like this in this article alone? I don't have the heart. [post_page_title]#26 Car Stepping Stones[/post_page_title] I wonder if you could leap from one car rooftop to the other without any run-up? It looks pretty far, but I reckon a proper athlete could do it. [caption id="attachment_4944" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Credit - Twitter @UntamedBeauti[/caption] Yeah, it might not be the most entertaining game ever, but like I said, you've got to create your own fun in a blizzard. [post_page_title]#27 Trenches Again[/post_page_title] People digging out trenches in order to get at their cars again, this time taken from an angle that makes it look like a game of Tetris or Frogger or something. [caption id="attachment_4945" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Twitter @PeterCBC[/caption] I do feel bad for these guys and all the trouble they're having to go to in order to dig for freedom, but all this picture's done is make me want to play an old-fashioned computer game. [post_page_title]#28 One More Door[/post_page_title] And, yes, we've seen a lot of these now, but they're the bread-and-butter of this story, so let's have one last picture of a big snowdrift that's built up outside a door. [caption id="attachment_4946" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Imgur @GameOfThor[/caption] Think I've seen enough of those pictures to get me through all of 2020, now.

A lot of people out there probably think that NASA do most of their business out in space, but that's not at all true. As well as sending people to the moon and letting astronauts hang out on the ISS, NASA also spends a great deal of its time doing research right down here on planet Earth - and they have a whole department dedicated to studying ice.

Sure, this might not sound like the most thrilling job in the world, but sometimes there are some surprising things lurking out there in the icy waters of the ocean.

Last week, for instance, scientists spotted a perfectly rectangular iceberg floating about in the Antarctic.

Originally, they only posted a picture of a portion of the icy structure, as can be seen below:

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It almost looks too perfect to be real, and I'm sure many of us probably assumed that it was photoshopped at first. It is legit, however, and is a type of rare iceberg known as a "tabular iceberg". These structures are characterised by their sharp, angular sides, and are formed when large chunks of ice suddenly break loose from a big mass.

Jeremy Harbeck, a senior support scientist with NASA's Operation Icebridge, said, "I thought it was pretty interesting. I often see icebergs with relatively straight edges, but I've not really seen one before with two corners at such right angles like this one had."

And it turns out that Harbeck had not even set out with the intention of photographing the satisfyingly geometric block.

"I was actually more interested in capturing the A68 iceberg that we were about to fly over," he said, "but I thought this rectangular iceberg was visually interesting and fairly photogenic, so on a lark, I just took a couple photos."

And this is what it looks like in all its glory:

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As it turns out, though, this wasn't the only rectangular iceberg that was spotted on the trip. Another shot of the 'berg from a different angle shows a second oblong-shaped structure hiding behind the engine of the plane.

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NASA’s Operation IceBridge is not just a fun outing to check out cool-looking icebergs, however. In fact, it's part of an important ongoing mission to monitor polar regions and track the planet’s global climate system.

At the moment, Harbeck and others are in the middle of a five-week project focused on charting icebergs in the Northern Antarctic Peninsular, as monitoring their structure and location can help determine information about global warming and climate change.

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According to experts, it's difficult to calculate exactly how big the main rectangular iceberg is, but they think it may be a little over 1.6km (1 mile) across. However, because the the part of the 'berg that's on the surface comprises only around 10 per cent of its entire size, there's no telling how much of it is present beneath the surface.

We live in the age of a selfie. Gone are the ways when the mirror provided people with validation. Now they need to look fire in reflective glass and online too, especially if you just so happen to be an Instagram influencer.

However, one influencer has become a laughing stock after she unknowingly took a selfie in front of bonking penguins.

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The hilarious snap was taken in South Africa by Steph Elswood. When she posted the picture of herself with two penguins at Boulders Beach Penguin Colony in Cape Town to her 237K followers, she admitted it wasn't the cute snap she thought it was.

Thankfully, she saw the funny side of it too, and called herself out in the caption: "I was there for about 10 minutes trying to get a good pic next to my new pals Penny and Guin and THEY WERE HAVING SEX THE WHOLE TIME!!!!!!! I was being too self-absorbed to notice!!! HAHAHA OOPS. "

These penguins were removed from a sushi store after causing trouble: 

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Elsewood then later explained that anyone else who is planning a visit to the Boulders Beach Penguin Colony should be mindful of their photography because it is stressing out the penguins.

She wrote: "I have just been informed that the penguins on Boulders Beach are under a lot of stress due to tourists trying to get too close. I feel guilty that I contributed to that and thought that because they weren't reacting when I got close that they weren't bothered by me. If you are considering visiting this spot, then please be mindful and ask guards for appropriate distances."

Needless to say, Elsewood's snap delighted social media users.

One wrote: "This honestly just made my day!"

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A second remarked: "Loooooool??I mean the selfie is FABULOUS?the making sweet love however is something else lol."

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Meanwhile, a third wrote: "Hahaha I am done ???? this is the best photo I have ever seen."

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So, the next time you're planning on taking a selfie with some animals, you might want to pay closer attention to what's going on in the background before posing and make sure that you're not harming the animals' welfare by doing so!

A wildlife photographer has managed to capture an incredible "never before seen" picture of a rare yellow penguin.

According to The Daily Mail, the images in question were taken by Yves Adams, a native of the town of Gent in Belgium, who spotted the unusual-looking bird while on a tour of Antarctica back in 2019.

On the way, his expedition stopped off in the isolated islands of South Georgia and there they were confronted by a massive colony of the squawking birds marching towards them.

However, Adams was immediately captivated by a certain King Penguin's eye-catching yellow plumage, and thinking quickly, he whipped out his camera and snapped a number of pictures of it in its natural habitat.

In a later post made on Facebook, on Thursday, February 18, 2021, Adams uploaded a number of pictures of the penguin in question, who can be seen swimming and standing with its many peers.

In a caption on Facebook, Adam wrote:

"Winning nature’s lottery with seeing the most beautiful King penguin ànd being able to take pictures!

"While unpacking our rubberboats merely after landing on a remote beach on the island of South-Georgia, this leucistic King penguin walked up straight to our direction in the middle of a chaos full of Sea elephants and Antarctic fur seals, and thousands of other King penguins."

He continued:

"How lucky could I be! Yesterday the press picked up these pictures, and the phone hasn’t stopped ringing since then...It seems we are in desperate need for some mellow yellow news! A big thank you all of you for your nice messages!"

Per The Mail, Adams believes that the penguin's coloration is possibly one-of-a-kind. However, the phenomenon is not as rare as it may appear.

Back in 2012, another Antarctic tour was stunned by the appearance of a so-called "blonde" penguin near the South Shetland Islands.

In an interview with National Geographic, penguin expert P. Dee Boersma of the University of Washington in Seattle, who cited a 2009 study published in the zoological journal Marine Ornithology.

Boersma stated that the coloration of plumage was most likely caused by isabellinism - genetic mutation that dilutes pigment in penguins' feathers