Emerald Lake, RMNP, Colorado [OC] [3266×2450]

Picture found by the Ditpub “Beautiful World” searcher.

Original was/is available from http://imgur.com/RwaPm6T

Some learning, selected for this occasion 🙂

Emerald is a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) colored green by trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vanadium.

A lake is an area of variable size filled with water, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land, apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake.

For the park in Manitoba, see Riding Mountain National Park.

Colorado (/kɒləˈrædoʊ/, or /kɒləˈrɑːdoʊ/) is a U.S. state encompassing most of the Southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.

Published by DitPub on 2015-12-19 2:04:00, under the category “Beautiful World”

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