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Nature

Yes, this is a real place.  No, I didn’t edit the photo. Shot on my iPhone 16 which does its own magic. This is the famous Shirogane Blue (Aoiike) Pond.
It was cloudy and I had to wait an hour for the light to change and got lucky with a burst of sun for about 2 minutes before the clouds came back. Had a snack and waited patiently.  It was created as part of an erosion control system built in 1988 designed to stop mudflow damage to Biei  from the nearby active volcano, Mt. Tokachi, in Daisetsuzan National Park. The famous blue is the result of a mix of natural minerals such as colloidal aluminum hydroxide. 

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