High Stakes
We climbed a very steep hill to set our tent next to this lake. The morning colors were amazing! Joffre Lakes Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada.
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We climbed a very steep hill to set our tent next to this lake. The morning colors were amazing! Joffre Lakes Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada.
The color of the water comes from, "Glacier Milk". There are several glaciers above the lake. The weight of the glaciers has crushed the rocks for so long that powder crumbles out and gets washed away with the run-off. The rock powder is very fine and it floats for days. It is called, "Glacier Milk" by some mountain people. The floating particles cause the color of the cold water to turn to turquoise.
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The color of the water comes from, "Glacier Milk". There are several glaciers above the lake. The weight of the glaciers has crushed the rocks for so long that powder crumbles out and gets washed away with the run-off. The rock powder is very fine and it floats for days. It is called, "Glacier Milk" by some mountain people. The floating particles cause the color of the cold water to turn to turquoise.
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ThomasPiel
April 12, 2016
I would have photoshoped the tree on bottom left, for the detail. Still great capture!
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