"White Pond and Walden are great crystals on the surface of the earth, Lakes of Light. If they were permanently congealed, and small enough to be clutched, they would, perchance, be carried off by servants, like precious stones, to adorn the heads of emperors; but being liquid, and ample, and secured to us and our successors forever, we disregard them, and run after the diamond of Kohinoor. They are too pure to have market value . . . How much more beautiful than our lives, how much more transparent than our characters are they!"
Henry David Thoreau, "Walden"
Photo: Wild Buckwheat growing next to Mirror Lake, Flattops Wilderness, CO; June 10, 2012. Yes, the lake really IS that color!
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