Williwaw Lakes, Anchorage, Alaska [2446×2446] [OC]

Picture found by the Ditpub “Beautiful World” searcher.

Original was/is available from http://i.imgur.com/NUexELg.jpg

Not so random trivia. Did you know that…

In meteorology, a williwaw is a sudden blast of wind descending from a mountainous coast to the sea. The word is of unknown origin, but was earliest used by British seamen in the 19th century.

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

Anchorage (officially called the Municipality of Anchorage) is a unified home rule municipality in the U.S.

Alaska (/əˈlæskə/) is a U.S. state situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent.

Published by DitPub on 2015-09-21 12:09:36, under the category “Beautiful World”

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