The Bulkley River of northern British Columbia is a major tributary to the much larger Skeena River – I’ll post pictures of the Skeena later; it’s huge.
This river is greenish-grey which indicates that it’s fed by glaciers and their forceful runoff. The colour comes from pulverised rock particles that absorb and scatter sunlight; the rivers and lakes near the Rockies are an impressive bluish-green.
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Lynette, one can sense the power and force of this beautiful river, the colour is stunning and wow, what amazing mountains ahead! Wishing you a great Friday too!
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Thank you very much, Annika. The rivers in the north are huge and move enormous amounts of water from the sub-ranges of the Coast Mountains. It’s very beautiful countryside.
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It looks an awesome place. Have a great day!
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Thank you. It is for sure, Jo.
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A stunning landscape. Looks fresh and clean there.
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The pictures don’t really do it justice; it is gorgeous, and yes, very fresh and clean.
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A beautiful scene Lynette. Happy Friday. Allan
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Thank you. It definitely was, Allan.
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Such lovely scenes and photographs! Interesting to learn of the river’s source and colour as well.
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Thank you very much. The rivers and lakes in the Banff and Lake Louise area of the Rockies often are very blue or green as the colours are more pronounced there. It all depends on the type of rock that is colouring the water. Cheers.
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I like the look of green water (when it’s glacial, not from algae). Nice photos.
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Thank you very much. Agreed! The colour caused by glaciers always looks healthy and of course glacial rivers usually move at a strong rate.
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Interesting about the color of water. I don’t know enough about that–the Pacific is blue and the Atlantic is green. There! That’s it!
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The colour of the glacial rivers can also change depending on the type of rock that’s being broken down and causing the tint!
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Beautiful photos. Happy Friday Lynette!
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Thank you very much, Tricia.
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The water looks even more vibrant when the sun is shining. Lovely captures.
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Thank you, Linda. The clean colour of the rapids didn’t come through as well as I hoped, but the river is beautiful with the sun shining on it.
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not too many know about why the water takes on that colour.
glacier dust
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Thanks Wayne. I think I picked up that piece of information a long time ago when I first saw Emerald Lake. What these glaciers are capable of is fascinating. Cheers.
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