Moraine Lake swimming adventures

[ThePinkDress1986]

brave.

[MsChorong]

hey the water is kinda cold? u mean like ice cold? how cold is it? oh boy you have some tolerance lucky you!

[madcowmenton]

i did that but i only was in for like 40 sec :P

[EVILAKUMA]

1 minute ... 5 day fever.

[COnative1876]

That water is cold as hell!!! but it was fun!!

[rrobey2206]

yeah i been here :D its like paradise

[ieden5432]

is it warm or cold?

[trier4952]

well considering that the water in the lake comes from a glacier, Id say its kinda cold. I don't know for sure though.

[binoit616]

@ieden5432 the coolest thing you've ever imagine dude haha

[12345678ix]

@rrobey2206 paradise is not a place.

[Pariscafelife]

Copper sulfite is blue, so thats the connection WinH was trying to make, but actually, the blue doesnt come from copper.

It is a phenomenon that comes from rocks being ground down in the glacial streams, It turns into something called "rock flour" which makes the water a bit silty, then it absorbs all colors in the spectrum and reflects only the startling blue green you see here.

[jcobaltss2005]

copper sulphate is also toxic so i doubt the colour comes from any source of copper...there would be no wildlife. but ya the rock flour thing is right

[WeaponInHand]

it's all the copper from the glaciers.

[draconite420]

copper... blue... am i missing somthing here

[jlmd97]

Chem 101: Copper, when in aqueous solution, has a very blue appearance. Just do a image google search "copper in solution" and see for yourself!

[claudiakennedy]

Weren;t you frozen? I swam in that lake and I was numb :P

[Eaglets1]

no, it's summmertime. The water is blue because of the ice coming down from the mointains getting into water

[Rugiviet]

was this in the winter?