Turquoise Lake



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Beautiful views from the man-made Turquoise Lake just outside Leadville, Colorado.

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Tunnel from the west side of the continental divide.  Lots of water is diverted in Colorado from its proper home in the Colorado River to rivers that flow east to the Mississippi River.  I suspect someday that the water will be returned to its proper watershed.  That day is a long way off though.


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