Naturally striped Antarctic icebergs are almost too beautiful to be real

Stunning, no? Apparently some <a title="Icebergs" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceberg" target="_blank">icebergs</a> have stripes, and it's not the result of Photoshop or internet pranks or penguin sledding or any outside manipulation. Shots like these have even been examined by <a title="snopes" href="http://www.snopes.com" target="_blank">Snopes</a> to determine whether they're real, and they are! These gorgeous, candy-striped ice-scapes are indeed a natural phenomenon; the result of natural pressures and formations. Click through the gallery to see some truly breathtaking examples of Mother Nature's handiwork.

Although they might look Photoshopped, these stripes are a very real phenomenon.

The dark blue stripes are made of very old ice, compressed over countless years.

Antarctic explorers are very familiar with the dark blue ice "waves".

They rise up like enormous sculptures.

Although these are sometimes referred to as "frozen waves", they're actually created over long periods of time, rather than being captured in an instant.

The brown stripes are created by layers of sediment trapped between ice layers.