Glacial Blue - The Hokitika River - a photo on Flickriver

            The turquoise blue colour of the water in some mountain rivers, comes from finely powdered rock, ground up in the moving glaciers high above.
   

Taken in: New Zealand / West Coast (show map)

Taken on: September 7, 2013

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Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ100, f/8.0, 0.3 sec, 7.3mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DMC-FZ100
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.3
Focal Length:	7.3mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Cloudy
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Ver.1.0
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