- Australia Daily Photo: Mount Gambier - The Mysterious Blue Lake

Mount Gambier - The Mysterious Blue Lake

This amazing image is of 'The Blue Lake' in Mount Gambier, South Australia.
This image has not been enhanced or had the colours changed. The blueness is seasonal and apparently can be even bluer than this... if you can imagine that!
There is a scientific reason for the blue colour "it revolves around the warming of the surface layers of the lake during the summer months to around 20 degrees Celsius (70 °F), causing calcium carbonate to precipitate out of solution and enabling micro-crystallites of calcium carbonate to form. This results in scatter of the blue wavelengths of sunlight. (thanks wikipedia)"
Anyway, enough of that, we love the lake just because it's blue! :)

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8 comments:

  1. Oh man,is it on earth or in some other planet.Don't say it isnt made using photoshop. Mindblowing.

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  2. I promise you that this image has not been photoshopped. It REALLY was this blue!

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  3. So you can vouch that my image has true colour and has not been edited. ;-) YEY

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  4. It most certainly is that blue, I remember seeing it on a Getaway show. I would love to go there to see this lake. Great Pic Carl. :-)

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  5. why is it so blue??? too much blueness and awesomeness

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  7. Thanks Jen - You should go on a road trip too!

    Bucket - Something to do with the particles in the water reflecting blue light

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