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Alaska Enroute
Chakachamna Lake http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3265/...4423cc06_b.jpg Cruising to Bethel http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3217/...cfb1aa1f_b.jpg Termination Dust aka summer is over... http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3257/...bbef5040_b.jpg |
y is alaska considered international?
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Originally Posted by normajean21
(Post 468081)
y is alaska considered international?
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i dont get it its technically u.s. soil...
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Fantastic shots!
Does anyone know why the water is a milky blue in the lakes?:) |
Originally Posted by jungle
(Post 468098)
Fantastic shots!
Does anyone know why the water is a milky blue in the lakes?:) |
Glacial silt in the water. I lived and worked in Seward for a few months back in 1998.
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Originally Posted by usmc-sgt
(Post 468169)
Glacial silt in the water. I lived and worked in Seward for a few months back in 1998.
Correct. Rock flour From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Rock flour flowing into Peyto Lake The river Muru flowing into Gjende lake in NorwayRock flour, or glacial flour, consists of clay-sized particles of rock, generated by glacial erosion or by artificial grinding to a similar size. Because the material is very small, it is suspended in river water making the water appear cloudy. If the river flows into a glacial lake, the lake may appear turquoise in color as a result. Examples of this are Lake Louise and Peyto Lake in Canada and Gjende lake in Norway. [edit] Formation Natural rock flour is typically formed during glacial migration, where the glacier grinds against rock beneath it, but is also produced by freeze thaw, where the act of water freezing and expanding in cracks helps break up rock formations. Although clay-sized, its particles are not clay minerals but typically ground up quartz and feldspar. Rock flour is carried out from the system via meltwater streams, where the particles travel in suspension. Rock flour particles can travel great distances either suspended in water or by the wind, in the latter case forming deposits called loess. |
Originally Posted by jungle
(Post 468098)
Fantastic shots!
Does anyone know why the water is a milky blue in the lakes?:) |
Your best shots to date fly or die. Fantastic
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Originally Posted by HSLD
(Post 468283)
Because I washed my socks in there after a looooong hike. Don't believe what Geologists tell you about glacial silt....it was me.
An example of what dirty sock washing does... http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3044/...9994da23_b.jpg Silt plume in Cook Inlet. Was the tide traveling in or out at this time? |
Originally Posted by FlyOrDie
(Post 468386)
An example of what dirty sock washing does...
Great photos as always! Just guessing, I'd say the tide is flooding (going in) based on the turbulence in the deeper part of the inlet (photo right). |
If my daily cup of tea was not that color, I would not drink it! :o
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Tastes fishy
I will think twice before ordering a "sockeye" salmon! :eek:
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Doing the salmon run from Bethel in a DC6?
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