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oddly satisfying 6w
The electric blue color of pure glacial meltwater
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This is caused by a suspension of "glacial flour" which is the underlying bedrock and sediment pulverized by the glacier into a fine powder that is picked up by the melt water. The suspended materials cause light to scatter at the blue/green wavelengths which gives that turquoise color.

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