#waputik range

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🇨🇦 Peyto Lake | Banff by Dave Wong

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Clouds over Peyto Lake, Banff National Park, Canada

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Peyto Lake, Banff National Park This spectacular photo is of Peyto Lake in Banff National Park, Canada, located in a valley of the Waputik Range. This glacier-fed lake gleams of a bright turquoise due to rock flour, silt-sized particles from glacial erosion that flow into the lake during summer. These particles remain suspended in the water giving the lake the characteristic color, due to the blue-wavelength absorbing properties of the rock flour combined with the longer wavelength absorbing properties of the lake. The particles reflect a color with greater green character, resulting in the turquoise shade. Who wouldn’t want to see a personal tent or a kayak reflected in this picture, as well? Maybe one day! -MH Read More: http://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/rock-flour/ http://www.interpretiveguides.org/dbfiles/4.pdf http://banffandbeyond.com/is-peyto-lake-really-that-blue/ Image Credit: Esther Lee, http://bit.ly/1AKUoMH

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Clouds over Peyto Lake, Banff National Park, Canada

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Clouds over Peyto Lake, Banff National Park, Canada

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Clouds over Peyto Lake, Banff National Park, Canada

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Clouds over Peyto Lake, Banff National Park, Canada

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Clouds over Peyto Lake, Banff National Park, Canada