Lake Effect

Photograph by Ben Leshchinsky

Canoers paddle the opaque surface of Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada s Banff National Park. Ben Leshchinsky captured the disorienting photo from a cliff overlooking the lake. Even boulders the size of large cars seemed like pebbles from a high vantage point, he writes.

This photo was submitted to the 2014 National Geographic Photo Contest .

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