           National Geographic Photo of the Day: Mineral Lake

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Afghanistan, 1968 Photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie A man passes one
of the lakes of central Afghanistan's Band-e-Amir, a series of five
mineral-enriched, sapphire lakes that punctuate the dusty, travertine
peaks near central Afghanistan's Hindu Kush.

Legend has it the lakes were formed by Caliph Ali who miraculously
raised the retaining walls to dam a dangerous river, thereby impressing
a local pagan king who converted to Islam.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Afghanistan:
Crossroad of Conquerors," September 1968,  National Geographic
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