Claim: A Newfoundland diver snapped an underwater photograph of an enormous iceberg.
FALSE
Example: [Collected via e-mail, 2001]
This is an amazing shot. This came from a Rig Manager for Global Marine Drilling in
Origins: The explanation reproduced above about a diver in
Message: What we can easily see is only a small percentage of what is possible. Imagination is having the vision to see what is just below the surface; to picture that which is essential, but invisible to the eye.
With only its deceptively small tip rising out of the water, the true size of the iceberg is hidden below the oceans surface. The quote emphasizes the importance of imagination in developing real vision. Motivate every employee with a 7"x7" The Essence of Imagination Iceberg framed desktop print. Part of our Essence
The image itself was actually produced in 1999 by
There are 4 separate images involved; the sky, the background, the top iceberg (shot in Antarctica), and the underwater iceberg (shot above water in Alaska and flipped in the final composite).
The iceberg image is a digital composite that I designed to illustrate the concept of "what you see is not necessarily what you get". As an underwater photographer I knew that my "vision" of what a big iceberg looks like was impossible to get in reality so I had to create it. The image exists in nature but due to water visibility is not possible to capture on film.
Last updated: 6 February 2015