A satellite view of Kootenay Lake
I am a sucker for an interesting panorama. For example: the header for this blog and the rainbow posted earlier, are panoramas which each span about 270 degrees.
Kootenay Lake has three arms: North, South, and West. The Lake is shaped somewhat like a bow and arrow, with North and South Arms forming the bow and the West Arm being a bent arrow.
Some time ago, I wondered if there were a spot on the Lake near the junction of the arms where one could look along all three arms. The best spot seems to be in the vicinity of the (now decommissioned) Pilot Bay Lighthouse (which, of course is why it is where it is).
Last Sunday, I went to a spot just offshore from the lighthouse and took multiple images which were then stitched together to form a 360–degree view. The resulting panorama is below.
The picture is split at roughly the position of the lighthouse and so the greenery on either edge of the picture is the Pilot Bay Peninsula. There are three gaps in the mountains: The one on the left is the South Arm; The one in the middle is the West Arm; The one on the right is the North Arm. In no case can one see the full length of an arm, but it is interesting to see them laid out in this way.
A 360–degree view showing the three arms of Kootenay Lake
