Showing posts with the label Lakes

The Lake of The Dead: Roopkund

Apr 21, 2022

At a breathtaking altitude of 16,500ft, pristine waters of the Himalayas lay frozen to their depths for most part of the year. Come summer t...

Turlough: Ireland’s Disappearing Lakes

Sep 2, 2020

Many lakes whose existence depends wholly on rainwater runoffs are seasonal. The phenomenon is not particularly mysterious—the lake forms wh...

Draining of Fucine Lake

May 21, 2020

In western Abruzzo, in central Italy, about 80 kilometers east of Rome, lies one of Italy's most fertile plains. The vegetables that a...

The Pearl Rush of Caddo Lake

May 11, 2020

Caddo Lake. Photo: Maciej Kraus/Flickr Natural pearls are a rarity today, but a hundred years ago, before British biologist William Savi...

Attabad Lake: The Lake Created By a Disaster

Jan 9, 2020

The stunning blue colors of this beautiful lake, nestled among the peaks of the Karakoram mountain range in northern Pakistan, belies its vi...

The Islands of Loosdrecht Lakes

Jul 22, 2019

Narrow elongated islands seen in an area called Scheendijk in the Loosdrecht Lakes, The Netherlands. Photo credit: George Steinmetz The L...

Beautiful Siberian Lake is Actually a Toxic Waste Dump

Jul 15, 2019

The electric blue waters of this pond in the Russian city of Novosibirsk has become the backdrop of many Instagram fans lately. Photograph...

Brine Pools: The Underwater Lakes of Despair

Nov 5, 2018

Just like there are waterfalls underneath oceans , there can be lakes on seabed too. One is kept separate from the surrounding body of wate...

Lake George: The Lake That Vanishes

Jun 15, 2018

About 40 kilometers north-east of Canberra, in Australia, right next to the Federal Highway is a large lake, but you might not always see it...

Lake Kavicsos, Hungary

Jul 12, 2017

Kavicsos Lake, or “pebble lake” in Hungarian, is a scenic lake about 2 km across located south of Budapest, just a 30-minute ride away from ...

Isa lake: The Two-Ocean Lake

Feb 27, 2017

The Isa Lake Viewpoint, located about 8 miles east of the Old Faithful Area along the Grand Loop Road in Yellowstone National Park, is not a...

Floating Houses of Lake Bokodi

Feb 17, 2017

Lake Bokodi, in the village of Bokod, about 80 kilometers west of Budapest, Hungary, is an artificial lake created in 1961 by the Oroszlány ...

The Island in a Lake on an Island in a Lake on an Island

Dec 30, 2016

Lake Taal on the island of Luzon, in the northern end of the Philippines archipelago, holds a special distinction. It’s one of only two lake...

Jal Mahal: Jaipur’s Submerged Water Palace

Sep 26, 2016

Submerged in the waters of an artificial lake, in the “pink city” of Jaipur, in the state of Rajasthan, India, is the beautiful marbled pala...

Chaka Salt Lake: Mirror Of The Sky

Aug 29, 2016

Chaka Salt Lake near the town Chaka in Wulan county is one of the most beautiful lakes of the Qaidam Basin in Northwest China’s Qinghai prov...

Boiling Lake of Dominica

Aug 27, 2016

The Morne Trois Pitons National Park in the island country of Dominica, in the Caribbean, is an area of significant volcanic activity. Locat...

Asphalt Lakes And The Secrets in Their Depths

Jul 23, 2016

Some of the world’s strangest lakes are filled not with water but with asphalt, also known bitumen, the same material that roads are paved w...

Frying Pan Lake of New Zealand

Jun 18, 2016

The Frying Pan Lake in Waimangu, New Zealand, is one of the largest hot pools in the world. Its acidic waters stay at about 50–60° centigrad...

The Colored Pebbles of Lake McDonald

Jun 16, 2016

The Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana, on the border with Canada, is home to more than 700 lakes, although only 131 of thes...

The Alpine Lakes And Waterfalls of Jiuzhaigou

Jun 9, 2016

The Jiuzhaigou Valley, located at the foot of the snow-capped Minshan Mountain, in the north of Sichuan province, China, is a place of excep...