Lakes with water of amazing colors
Lakes with water of amazing colors
This collection will tell you about the unusual lakes in different parts of our planet. All of them have become known for their unusual color. Laguna Colorada. The color of the lake varies from blood red to purple. It depends on the time of day and temperature. Unusual shade of water makes a lake algae that produces carotene to protect against UV radiation.
Salty shallow lake – Laguna Colorada. Its average depth is only 35 centimeters. At an altitude of 4 km it is home to thousands of flamingos James Andean flamingo and Chilean flamingos.
The volcano contains three striking summit crater lakes of varying colors. Tiwu Ata Mbupu (Lake of Old People) is usually blue and is the westernmost of the three lakes. The other two lakes, Tiwu Nuwa Muri Koo Fai (Lake of Young Men and Maidens) and Tiwu Ata Polo (Bewitched or Enchanted Lake) are separated by a shared crater wall and are typically green or red respectively. The lake colors vary on a periodic basis. Subaqueous fumaroles are the probable cause of active upwelling that occurs at the two eastern lakes.
Located in Jiuzhaigou Valley Five Flower Lake changes its color from yellow to dark green. Most of the year the water is rough and blue. Many secrets and mysteries connected with this lake. The lake is five colors throughout the year, with almost constant level of water. It is not frozen in the winter, despite the fact that its neighboring lakes are covered with ice. The reason is that at the bottom of the lake there are hot springs.
Hillier lake on the edge of the middle island of the Recherche Archipelago, Western Australia, which stretches along the southern coast of Western Australia. The lake is well-known, thanks to the bright pink color of the water in it. The lake was discovered in 1802 by British explorer Matthew Flinders. The pink color is permanent, as it does not alter when the water is taken in a container.
The length of the lake is about six hundred meters. A narrow strip of land composed of sand dunes covered by vegetation separates it from the ocean. Unfortunately, today it is not known why the water in the lake is pink Hillier. The lake is one of the natural wonders of Australia.