Added a banner image to my bsky profile: a condensed view of Bow Lake near Banff National Park, Alberta Canada. Photo was taken on 4 July 2023. The full, uncropped, unsquished version is included here. Shot with an iPhone 12 mini.
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#CanadianRockies🏔️ #BanffNationalPark
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The cloudy, iridescent blue-green water is a from glaciers grinding rock into a fine silt suspended in the water = "rock flour" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_flour
#GlacialLake
The water color comes from "rock flour" created by glaciers (see link in my 2nd photo of this thread). Here's an explanation from a mural at Peyto Lake: