Magnificent Spotted Lake

Podobny obrazSpotted Lake is located in Canada’s desert near the city of Osoyoos, British Columbia. In winter and spring it looks ordinarily, like any other body of water. But in summer yellow, green and blue spots appears on the surface of lake and forms amazing polka-dotted landscape. The number of spots is variable, but usually shall be 300-400. Indigenous people of the Okanagan Nation were considering Spotted lake (known to them as Kliluk) as sacred place. They believed that each of the different circles had different healing and medicinal properties.


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Causes of this phenomenon are evaporation of water and high concentration of minerals, including calcium, sodium sulphates and magnesium sulphate, but also silver and titanium. What is interesting, during World War I, minerals from the lake were used in the manufacturing of explosives. Nowadays, this area is proctected by fence with a sign explaining that it's a culturally and ecologically sensitive area.



Links:
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/mystery-canada-spotted-lake
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-spotted-lake-kliluk
http://all-that-is-interesting.com/spotted-lake
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/21/science/spotted-lake-british-columbia.html
https://besthike.com/2014/07/20/places-in-canada-you-wont-believe-actually-exist/

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  1. englishdiary21 listopada 2017 00:26

    It looks much more spectacular in the aerial shot that observed from the ground level. I was certain that the spots were caused by organic matter (algae or frog eggs). Is it safe to bathe there or drink the water?

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