Dear LWON readers,
This is California’s only major free-flowing river, 400 miles north of San Francisco in the Klamath Mountains near the northern border with Oregon. That outrageous aquamarine color comes from a rock called serpentinite, which contains a vivid, yellow-green mineral with the equally delightful name of lizardite. Could I see the bottom of the river from hundreds of feet high? I could. Are those my loved ones paddling into the afternoon sun? They are.
Happy Friday,
Emily
Thanks to you, great swaths of my Saturday have disappeared down a lizardite rabbit hole. The more I learn, the weirder it gets, and the more I absolutely must find out.