25 Most Colorful Lakes on Earth [pics]
Tue, Aug 19, 2008
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Turquoise and Blue Lakes
1. The blue hues captured in this stunning photograph of Peyto Lake in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, show just how awesome the natural world can be.
2. Perito Moreno in Patagonia, Argentina gets its vibrant turquoise color from light reflecting off suspended glacier ice melt particles.
3. Five Flower Lake in Jiuzhaigon National Park, China, is known for its crystal turquoise waters. The floor of the lake is littered with ancient fallen trees from the surrounding forests.
4. Another view of Peyto Lake in Banff, demonstrating how light reflection can drastically alter the colour of water.
2. Green and Yellow Lakes >
3. Purple and Red Lakes >
4. Token Sunset Lake Pics >
5. This volcanic lake in Flores had been turned bright turquoise from algae and bacteria living in the water.
6. Bacteria may have turned this lake a blue/brown color but we can’t help thinking of steaming hot chocolate when we look at the picture. Mmmm.
7. Deep aqua marine hues bounce off Blanca Lake, Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington.
8. Yamdrok Tso, meaning Turquoise Lake, sits about 4500m above sea level, Tibet. It was created after a dam for the nearby hydroelectric power station was built.
2. Green and Yellow Lakes >
3. Purple and Red Lakes >
4. Token Sunset Lake Pics >
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August 20th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
These photos are beautiful, thanks.
August 20th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
huh?! most colorful ‘lakes’ on earth… Some of these look more like ponds than lakes. And if you’re not going to include Lake Tahoe in your Turquiose and Blue category, well that’s just plain wrong.
August 20th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
and we forgot crater lake, oregon why? if you don’t know about that lake, then what are you doing posting about them? maybe i ought to post about deep sea life and get on digg since i know nothing about it
August 20th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Uhm….Crater Lake doesn’t rate?
August 21st, 2008 at 5:07 am
Nice pictures, but honestly… have you not heard of Crater Lake in Oregon? That is a must in the blue section!!
And on the red category… the one in the dessert, I don’t think that qualifies as a lake.
August 21st, 2008 at 6:33 am
Tough to believe Crater Lake was overlooked. CL is so blue it looks unreal. It’s an amazing phenomenon how blue that lake gets.
http://flickr.com/search/?q=crater%20lake&w=all
August 21st, 2008 at 6:55 am
How about the Blue Lake in South Australia?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lake_(South_Australia)
August 21st, 2008 at 7:23 am
Crater Lake can not be overlooked.
When Kodak first published photos of the lake, the company issued a formal apology to its customers. Kodak could only assume that the unbelievable blue in the pictures had resulted from incorrect processing.
Also, shortly after the Crater Lake became a United States National Park, one visitor could not believe that the color of the lake of natural. She went so far as to write her congressman that she though dye was being adding to the lake.
“The dramatic color of Crater Lake is the product of its great depth, the purity and clarity of its water, and the way light interacts with water. Water molecules absorb the longer wavelengths of light better (reds, oranges, yellows, and greens). Shorter wavelengths (blues) are more easily scattered than absorbed. In the deep lake, some of the scattered blue light is redirected back up to the surface where we can see it. Around the edges where the water is less deep, some of the unabsorbed green light is reflected back up, too. Although the color of the lake can vary from day to day depending on wind, cloud cover, and the angle of the sun, the different shades of blue are always spectacular.”
http://www.dustydavis.com/blogimages/crater_lake_large.jpg
August 21st, 2008 at 8:58 am
Just breath taking beautiful. Nature in its natural glory. Thanks to all those people whose efforts made me (us) view this awesome beauty. One of the more reason to thanks God for creating such a beautiful world to live in.
August 21st, 2008 at 9:04 am
what about the champagne pool, rotorua, new zealand?
August 21st, 2008 at 11:46 am
Ever heard Kelimutu in Flores, Indonesia? Three colored lake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelimutu
August 28th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Hello to everybody!
These photos are really beautiful and maybe the lakes are much more beautiful than the photos. Please, look at some photos of the Seven Rila’s Lakes in Bulgaria.
http://picasaweb.google.com/bobihot/Rila80822/photo?authkey=09Ktf0S9Edc#5238423861335616802
Now, the area is rapidly changing with the arrival of offshore companies that plan to invest millions of euros in large-scale ski-resorts ON THE TERRITORY OF RILA NATIONAL PARK.
Developers claim to “improve” the area with a well-organized system of ski slopes, which includes Panichishte – Rila Lakes – Kabul Peak. The slopes will be in the location of the Seven Rila Lakes and will include more than 21 ski slopes and facilities on a total area of 240 hectares, two-thirds (160 hectares) of which are inside the National Park boundaries.
Investors cut the trees, build in protected areas and destroy irreplaceable ecosystems. Will we again wait until it is too late to begin asking questions?
What you can do:
*send your suggestions about possible action steps to: cveta.hristova@gmail.com
*write to the mayor of Sapareva Banya (sap_oba@abv.bg); to the Minister of the Environment and Waters (mivanova@moew.government.bg), and to the Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Waters (riew-sofia@riew-sofia.government.bg).
For more, see: http://en.forthenature.org/cases/rila_panichishte_resort
August 29th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
great collection!
but…
“Yamdrok Tso, meaning Turquoise Lake, sits about 4500m above sea level, Tibet. It was created after a dam for the nearby hydroelectric power station was built.”
This is not true. The lake is actually endangered by a hydro-electric dam that is being built. see: http://www.tibet.com/eco/eco6.html (where you’ll also find that it doesn’t mean ‘Turquoise Lake’ ;)
August 30th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
hey, you forgot Bonito Lake in Brazil, so blue and transparent!!
September 2nd, 2008 at 12:50 pm
And you missed the most beautiful lake in any colour, see:
http://www.np-plitvicka-jezera.hr/
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:24 pm
You are missing the fabulous Plitvice lakes in Croatia
September 6th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
If you are concerned about your favorite lake not being included in a category, submit your own picture…
Very beautiful pictures remind us all why the environment is worth preserving.
September 7th, 2008 at 3:15 am
Yellow Lake could be nice if ya dont mind brain eating bacteria.
September 15th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
The “deep red lake at Sanetsch Pass, Switzerland” as you named it doesn’t exist. At least not in Switzerland… The lake at Sanetsch Pass is still beautiful but not red… Where did you find this information? You should maybe verify… Just have a look at the picture on Gstaad Tourism’s official website http://www.gstaad.ch/fr/winter/sanetsch.jpg…
February 2nd, 2009 at 5:56 pm
very 2 beautiful
February 6th, 2009 at 8:10 am
These are beautiful pictures, thanks for posting them.
June 15th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Fantastic pictures.
August 6th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Just sweet.
August 19th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
I have been to Peyto lake. It is even more stunning than these pictures show. However I found Morraine Lake (which is also in the Banff National Park) to be even more beautiful.
September 7th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
There are also pink lakes in West Australia. One is near Port Gregory W.A.
September 12th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
These photos are excellent and absorbing
September 12th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
These photos are excellent and very absorbing
October 2nd, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Great photographs,some of these I just have to visit. I would have added the Blue and Green lakes in the middle of the North island in New Zealand. Right next to each other yet one is piercing blue the other turquoise green
October 4th, 2009 at 11:40 am
What about the beautiful blue lakes Sadpara & Saiful Malook – Pakistan
Suhail Aziz
Lahore
October 28th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
Absolutely stunning.
November 12th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Ha!! Bullcrap! I live in Banff, 20 minutes from Peyto Lake and yes, the lake is really blue but not THAT blue! Look at the sky in those shots… when does the sky ever get that weird of a bright blue?? Someone needs to work on their photoshop color saturation learning before submitting such a ridiculously doctored shot.