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Originally Posted by rattlsnak View Post
I still remember seeing that icy gray color snow melt water as a teenager when my family went to Switzerland and have never forgot it. Such a vivid memory that has stuck with me ever since..
That is called "glacial milk" and as the name suggests it is water coming from glaciers with all of that ground up mineral content suspended. Nightmare for folks like me who filter water from natural water sources to drink in the course of backpacking and mountaineering, it gunks up your filter in no time.
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