Think skimming over endless fields of purple water lilies and pink lotus blossoms, not bumping past acacia tress.

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Nobs even earned himself a mention as "funky Claude" who rescues children in Deep Purple's 1973 song Smoke On The Water.

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The latest sea-surface height measurements reveal unusually cool water (shown as blue and purple) and sea levels that are two to seven inches below normal, extending from the Gulf of Alaska along the coast of North America.

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The machine blends iron, bleach and sodium hydroxide to form a dark purple liquid mixture of ferrate, salt and water that gets metered into the water supply. (The color disappears instantly as it reacts with the water.) Common disinfectants ozone and chlorine can turn the water cloudy or, worse, leave behind harmful chemical by-products.

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The 76-year-old had been immortalised by rock group Deep Purple as "Funky Claude" in the song Smoke on the Water.

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Beyond, purple-shaded mountains rise from the deep blue mist like ships floating on water.

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Lord co-founded Deep Purple in 1968 and co-wrote many of the group's songs including Smoke On The Water.

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