The water may be reflecting the color of the blue sky (or the reds  of sunset, or the gray of clouds), but an intrinsic blue color is  caused by the refraction and scatterin â¦ g of visible light by the  water. Different water qualities and depth can change the  particular hue of blue.
Balad, Iraq. Balad (Arabic: Ø¨ÙØ¯ââ), also transliterated Beled or Belad, is a city in the Salah ad Din Governorate, Iraq, 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of the national capital, Baghdad. It is the capital of Balad District.
The base was handed back to the Iraqi Air Force during December 2011 returning to be called Balad Air Base. During the Iraq War it was the second largest U.S. Base in Iraq and today is home to the Iraqi Air Force's General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcons.