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Turquoise Treasure from Glaciers

Peyto Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

 

You will likely see this particular turquoise only in the Rocky Mountains of Western Canada. The lake gets its color from the large amounts of glacier rock flour that flow into it during the summer months. There are many other glacier-fed lakes around the world, but each glacial source tends to be unique. This means that the colors of the waters that melt from them likewise tend to be unique. The color of Peyto Lake is an opaque yet brilliantly bright color that looks as if a giant piece of turquoise is inlayed in the valley.

 

If you never know how ‘love at first sight’ feels like in this world, once you see this otherworldly turquoise-blue lake yourself, you will know.

 

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Uploaded on August 15, 2017
Taken on August 5, 2017