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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Jun 29, 2012
Description:
A closer view of the sand mine. This one is big enough to land a SeaRey in--and even get it out again--but I've never tried. (Maybe some weekend when there's no work going on.)
Date Taken:
Jun 29, 2012
Place Taken:
Near Richmond, Virginia
Owner:
Don Maxwell
File Name:
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Frank A. Carr - Jun 29,2012
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I'm curious too Don about the color of the water. Here's one in <br />Mid-Florida (5/2012) that <br />also has the vivid color.
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Bruce McGregor - Jun 30,2012
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Glacial lakes in the north have that turquoise color too. The grinding of rocks under a moving glacier pulverizes them into "rock flour" that hangs in suspension. Reflected sunlight produces that color. Probably fine particles of sand in the mining lakes do the same.<!-- >'"><br><font color=red size=6>' or > missing in user HTML. Please fix the HTML.</font> -->
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Don Maxwell - Jul 10,2012
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Frank, I drove there a few days ago when it was too hot to do anything else. It was past quitting time, but a few guys were still there. One told me that it's pure groundwater in the mine--pure enough to drink, he said. The color varies with the sunlight and the sky cover. I asked if I could land in it. He said no, that they have to keep everyone out because of the liability problem.<br /><br />Bruce, I've seen that color in glacial snow. Poke an ice axe handle down into the snow and the bottom of the hole looks ethereal blue, just like this water.
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Don Maxwell - Jul 10,2012
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Here are a few shots from ground level:<br /><br />Machine <br />The sand mine is huge! This machine may suggest something of the scale.<br /><br /><br /><br />Onto<br />Sand is loaded onto this conveyor and dropped onto the top of the pile.<br /><br /><br /><br />Out of<br />Another conveyer removes sand from the bottom of the pile through this tunnel.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />No trespassing<br />The guy I spoke with said that they have to patrol the lake every day to keep the 'trash' out.
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