Moraine Lake Banff

Moraine Lake is in Banff National Park in Canada. Higher up in the mountains than Lake Louise, it is smaller, seemingly darker, and formed by a glacial moraine that dams the water. The cloudy sky was clearing, and the sun provided a glorious backlight to the trees on the shore and brought out the wonderful glacial turquoise of the lake.

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Lake Louise

Lake Louise is in Banff National Park in Canada. This glacier-fed lake is cold and beautiful. On a still morning at sunrise, it provided a wonderful mirror.

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The Nisqually Glacier in Mt. Rainier National Park

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