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Glacier Flour

Glacier Flour

This glacial melt water steam, and the fence, in Kootenay National Park in British Columbia, leads to a camping area in the park. Glacial melt water comes from ...
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This glacial melt water steam, and the fence, in Kootenay National Park in British Columbia, leads to a camping area in the park. Glacial melt water comes from glaciers that have receded over time. The brilliantly blue water gets its color from "rock flour", sediment. This sediment comes from rocks grinding together underneath the glacier. The fine powder is then suspended in the water and absorbs and scatters varying colors of sunlight, giving a milky turquoise appearance.
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Aperture f/3.5 ISO 50 Shutter 10/2000 Focal Length 124/10

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Sep, 2015

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