Maligne Lake
This photo is a composition of three of my favorite things. Water, mountains and clouds. I love this photo. Every element has it's own personality, and is doing what it does best.
The clouds are angry, and in motion, but at the very tips, they are so serene, and peaceful. You know that at any second they could just wash over you in a torrent, and wipe out everything in their path. But at the same time, they can be a relief from the hot sun, or they could become a gentle rain that cools the earth and settles the dust. They provide water and nourishment to every living creature, and they could just pack up and move on at any second. No two clouds are ever the same, and they never stick around long enough to be fully appreciated.
The mountains are what they are. The strength of a millenia, wrapped up in a gargantuan monument of time. They are so peaceful, yet so brooding and moody. I love travelling through the mountains. If you ever have a bad day, that's the place to go. Nothing can make our day to day problems more insignificant than the sight of a whole range of these massive giants off in the distance. You know that no matter what happens, they will always be there. The universe will go on, with or without you, and you know that it is filled with beautiful things. We just have to take the time to look at them, and appreciate their beauty and strength.
The water is our source of life, and this water is an amazing deep shade of green. Even in the settling dusk, the water is a gorgeous dark emerald. Our string of mountain lakes along the Rockies never ceases to amaze me. We in our comfortable cities, with our brown rivers, cannot begin to imagine what the water is like at the source. This particular lake is fed by three or four glaciers around the lake, and is a rather chilly -4 degrees celcius in the middle of summer. Basically you would succomb to hypothermia in approximately 12 minutes if you were to take a dip. Ouch.
If you look off in the distance at the lower left corner of the photograph, you will see one of those glaciers nestled between two mountains. I'm unsure of the name, so please don't ask, but picture four Empire State buildings side by side. Yep, that tiny chunk of ice is that big. Now imagine how many Empire State buildings would fill one of those mountains beside it?
The clouds are angry, and in motion, but at the very tips, they are so serene, and peaceful. You know that at any second they could just wash over you in a torrent, and wipe out everything in their path. But at the same time, they can be a relief from the hot sun, or they could become a gentle rain that cools the earth and settles the dust. They provide water and nourishment to every living creature, and they could just pack up and move on at any second. No two clouds are ever the same, and they never stick around long enough to be fully appreciated.
The mountains are what they are. The strength of a millenia, wrapped up in a gargantuan monument of time. They are so peaceful, yet so brooding and moody. I love travelling through the mountains. If you ever have a bad day, that's the place to go. Nothing can make our day to day problems more insignificant than the sight of a whole range of these massive giants off in the distance. You know that no matter what happens, they will always be there. The universe will go on, with or without you, and you know that it is filled with beautiful things. We just have to take the time to look at them, and appreciate their beauty and strength.The water is our source of life, and this water is an amazing deep shade of green. Even in the settling dusk, the water is a gorgeous dark emerald. Our string of mountain lakes along the Rockies never ceases to amaze me. We in our comfortable cities, with our brown rivers, cannot begin to imagine what the water is like at the source. This particular lake is fed by three or four glaciers around the lake, and is a rather chilly -4 degrees celcius in the middle of summer. Basically you would succomb to hypothermia in approximately 12 minutes if you were to take a dip. Ouch.
If you look off in the distance at the lower left corner of the photograph, you will see one of those glaciers nestled between two mountains. I'm unsure of the name, so please don't ask, but picture four Empire State buildings side by side. Yep, that tiny chunk of ice is that big. Now imagine how many Empire State buildings would fill one of those mountains beside it?
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