HIKING - MIRROR, MIRROR
ON THE POND
Have you ever visited a pond so
clear and so clean that you can see a beautiful image staring back
at you? 'Yes you, handsome' - as Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder
would say.
Ponds come in many shades, and
all are not so lovely or clear. However, that doesn't mean that
something is wrong with the pond or water. Of course, you should
never drink from a 'wild' source of water.
On top of those dangerous little
bugs in the water, what if a rabid animal just wandered by and slobbered all in the water and so forth and then someone tasted the
water and..... Oh my, it's too terrible to continue....
Tannin is one mineral that can
be found in ponds and tends to turn the pond a very rusty, harmless
color. Other ponds may have a green slime floating on top or it
may have white scum at the edges.
The type of ponds that tend to
be ones to avoid are those that have the dead fish floating on top.
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