Fall at Abraham Lake
Teal, green and Gold. With blue above.
Alberta's Abraham Lake's glacial waters contrast nicely with the yellow and golds of Autumn.
Back from a photo hunt. Founds lots of rain, but that happens in Olympic National Park. Wonderful time regardless.
Abraham Lake is famous for it's stacked air bubbles in thick ice each winter. Trapped methane causes frozen bubbles to form under the ice on the lake's surface. This phenomenon results when decaying plants on the lake bed release methane gas, which creates bubbles that become trapped within the ice, in suspended animation, just below the surface as the lake begins to freeze. The visual effects formed by the resulting stacks of bubbles, frozen while rising toward the surface, combined with the clear blue water, have made Abraham Lake a popular destination for photographers and nature observers.
"The Government of Alberta sponsored a contest to name the lake in February 1972, during the final stages of construction of the Bighorn Dam. Students across the province were asked to submit names taking into consideration "historical significance, prominent persons, geography and topography, and the value of the lake." It was eventually named after Silas Abraham (c. 1870–1964), of the Stoney Nakoda First Nation and originally from Morley, Alberta. He was a farmer and hunter who lived in the Kootenay Plains."
Wikipedia
Happy Friday!
Fall at Abraham Lake
Teal, green and Gold. With blue above.
Alberta's Abraham Lake's glacial waters contrast nicely with the yellow and golds of Autumn.
Back from a photo hunt. Founds lots of rain, but that happens in Olympic National Park. Wonderful time regardless.
Abraham Lake is famous for it's stacked air bubbles in thick ice each winter. Trapped methane causes frozen bubbles to form under the ice on the lake's surface. This phenomenon results when decaying plants on the lake bed release methane gas, which creates bubbles that become trapped within the ice, in suspended animation, just below the surface as the lake begins to freeze. The visual effects formed by the resulting stacks of bubbles, frozen while rising toward the surface, combined with the clear blue water, have made Abraham Lake a popular destination for photographers and nature observers.
"The Government of Alberta sponsored a contest to name the lake in February 1972, during the final stages of construction of the Bighorn Dam. Students across the province were asked to submit names taking into consideration "historical significance, prominent persons, geography and topography, and the value of the lake." It was eventually named after Silas Abraham (c. 1870–1964), of the Stoney Nakoda First Nation and originally from Morley, Alberta. He was a farmer and hunter who lived in the Kootenay Plains."
Wikipedia
Happy Friday!