It may look as though someone has applied a filter, but it is pure geology. In the Ampezzo Dolomites, there is a lake with the pale, milky blue-green shade of mint milk, surprising even for people who have seen it countless times in photos.
This is Lake Sorapis, one of Veneto’s most photographed glacial lakes, sitting just below 2,000 metres and enclosed by an amphitheatre of bare rock faces. Its colour is no illusion. It is caused by mineral particles suspended in the water, which refract light in a distinctive way. Here is where it is and how to reach it safely.
