Where in the world was this taken?

[limr32 1]

I knew it was a trick! The background landscape looked PNW, but the color of the water was wrong. Knowing that it was your own picture was the biggest clue.

That's PSW thankyewverymuch!

Ah yes, my apologies

To be honest, the first place I thought of was the Adriatic. You see that kind of geography combined with that color of water off the coast of Croatia.

 

[tirediron]

Neat!

 

[Gary A.]

I guess Pusan, South Korea.

 

[tirediron]

I guess Pusan, South Korea.

Close... sooooo, soooooo close.















Not.

 

[vintagesnaps]

I was going to guess not on frozen water in Canada. That's the only water I'd likely recognize from across the border. Or possibly anyplace else either.

 

[zombiesniper116 16]

I was going to say SJDF looking north but the water wasn't deep blue/black.

 

[FITBMX]

Yeah, some of that stuff is scary.. this is just interesting.

That dang blue green is poisonous to humans, and wildlife.
What is causing your algae problems? The blue green is caused by all the chemical fertilizer runoff.

 

[tirediron]

I was going to say SJDF looking north but the water wasn't deep blue/black.

Pretty much spot on; looking WSW through the entrance to the Sooke Basin; across the SJDF; Port Angeles is just a little to the left.

Yeah, some of that stuff is scary.. this is just interesting.

That dang blue green is poisonous to humans, and wildlife.
What is causing your algae problems? The blue green is caused by all the chemical fertilizer runoff.

They haven't figured that out yet; this is actually a white-ish/translucent algae. The shallows near the shore are quite milky, but water with any depth shows as this tropical blue-green. It's completely benign, according to the science boffins...

 

[snowbear118 50]

Well, it certainly isn't around here -- the Potomac and Patuxent are grey on a good day, brown otherwise; the Chesapeake seems to be a lovely olive color, and the Atlantic is more green than blue in this area. There is a miniature golf course in Ocean City that has the most lovely blue water -- it looks like they poured in many gallons of Sani flush.

 

[weepete]

Looks very nice, as you say tropical!

 

[tirediron]

Thanks Pete.