### Instruction: Rewrite this English sentence to give a better translation.

### English: The icebergs around me were almost 200 feet out of the water, and I could only help but wonder that this was one snowflake on top of another snowflake, year after year.
### English rewrite: I was astonished to see the icebergs around me rise almost 200 feet from the water, and I thought that they were snowflakes piled on top of snowflakes, year after year.