Okay, thanks, Ann. I had read a mush more "BLAND" color outcome. I'll check to you. :-)
J ----- Original Message ----- From: "ann sanfedele" <ann...@nyc.rr.com> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2017 1:53:27 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Lake Pukaki The key is that it is GLACIER produced - a lake fed from glacier runnoff... I grabbed this abbreviated bit off the web for ya Jack.. ann What makes glacial lakes blue? The silt is created when rocks underneath the surface of the ice are grinding from the movement of the*glacier*. The rock flour is very light and stays suspended in the*lake*water for a long time. The sunlight that reflects off this rock flour is what gives the*lakes*their spectacular turquoise*blue*or green colour. On 3/16/2017 10:53 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > Been there and another example in > Grand Teton National Park. > The explanation making the rounds > was "ice melt." (?) > > J > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 16, 2017, at 7:31 AM, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote: >> >> >> Very nice and peaceful photo. >> >> Some 4 years ago, during my trip to Banff National Park in Canada, >> I also saw amazing blue color (although more teal-ish) of water: >> https://42graphy.org/galleries/banff-2012/_IR37060.html >> A frequent question that tourists ask there is what is the origin of such a >> color. Someone told the story that some local guides feed to some naive >> tourists that they regularly paint the bottom of the lake to get that look. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Igor >> >> PS. I am getting a very subtle impression that the photo is very slightly >> tilted (CW). This might be due to the shape+perspective of the shoreline in >> the middle, amplified by the apparent slope of the mountaing ridge ... So, >> it might not be real. >> In the absence of a true "horizon line", the only "reliable" line would be >> the vertical line connecting the image to it reflection. Those seem to be >> vertical, but it's hard to judge given the blurry reflection. >> >> >>> On 3/11/2017 11:31 PM, David Mann wrote: >>> >>> >>> Taken on the way home from Wanaka last month. I take minor variations of >>> the >>> same photo every time I'm there... >>> >>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1043/#peso >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Dave >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
