Jasper Alberta

Again it was hot but I'm discontinuing the temperature reports I did earlier.

The hot weather was clear, very clear leading to some impressive views:


The first image is a Medicine Lake. This lake famously disappears in October as the runoff from the surrounding area ends and the lake water goes into underground channels. The disappearance of the lake made the Indians call it 'bad medicine lake", but as the cause became known, it was rebranded. 

 

The next image is of me at Maligne Lake. It was called that because the European discover had a number of disasters in his discovery.  The part of the lake you can see is called the "Hall of the Gods".

A large snowfield, under which is probably a glacier, is on top of the mountains behind me and to my right.

Note the 'no cloud' conditions.  We could still see the moon at 12:15pm. 


The next image is up close of a pine tree that has been badly infected by the Rocky Mountain Bark Beatle - this critter is causing incredible damage in Canadian pine forests.



The next image is of a small herd of female long horn sheep that impeded traffic on our return to Jasper from the National park that had the lakes.


Finally is an image of Maligne creek which partly drains Maligne Lake.

The official youtube of the Maligne Creek (a.k.a., Maligne River) canyon shows the wonder of this canyon much better than any image I could provide.  The video is here.

 









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