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Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park, Canada

The lake has that striking turquoise blue water associated with glacial lakes.. The color is due to glacial silt suspended in the water. Glaciers scrape bedrock into fine, round particles of rock or clay which are then carried away by tides or rivers. This "glacial flour" suspended in water refracts light, giving the lake a distinctive blue-green color.

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Uploaded on September 6, 2018
Taken on September 5, 2018