The rarest lakes. The most unusual lakes on the planet. Gippsland Lake, Australia

It’s hard to even imagine on our planet that there wouldn’t be the huge number of bodies of water that exist now. Among the lakes, some are very beautiful, some are romantic or scary, and some are simply unusual. They have a strange color of water, amazing nature around or even strange behavior like disappearing...

The most unusual lakes peace

Morning Glory Lake, Yellowstone National Park, USA

This one is small hot spring no more than two kilometers long. He has a very capricious character and amazing behavior. Very often the source changes its color from purple, inky to a shade of light turquoise. In addition to this, it behaves completely inconsistently: sometimes the surface is calm, and sometimes it begins to seethe and worry. Initially, the water temperature was quite high, but coins thrown from below by tourists, which clogged the source from below, “helped” reduce the temperature level. It’s good that at least the water remained clear and clean.

Kliluk Lake (Spotted Lake) in Canada

Spotted Lake is literally a solution of mineral salts and substances. If the water evaporates, bizarre islands appear on the surface of the lake. Moreover, depending on the time of year they have different colors. The water of the lake is healing, which is why Canadian Indians revere the lake as sacred. True, you won’t be able to swim in it - there is a fence around it, and it has officially been transferred to the ownership of local residents.

Empty lake in Russia

– a place where miracles live that even scientists cannot explain. The empty lake is so named because there is no living creature either in it or near it. Although rivers from fish lakes flow into it. Repeated attempts to populate the reservoir led to nothing. Chemists also determined the water to be suitable even for drinking. In such cases, you can definitely believe in the mysticism and negative energy of the place.

Asphalt Lake, Trinidad

Peach Lake is a natural source of asphalt, it is located in a crater mud volcano, and of course you can’t swim there. It was formed from oil reserves that reached the surface after the fracture of the Caribbean continental plate. In the sun, oil turns into such high-quality asphalt that even today roads can be laid with it. The development of the deposit is also underway - approximately 150 thousand tons are mined. I wonder, what about the roads in the city itself, if most of the production is exported?

Acid lake in Sicily

The most poisonous lake, in the waters of which there is a very high percentage of sulfuric acid. How does it get there, scaring away all living things, even birds that disdain to fly over the water? A 1999 study showed that acid enters the water from two underground sources. The reservoir has a very sad history: for a long time the mafia used the waters as a large cemetery for their victims. An hour after the dive, not a trace of the living organism will remain.

Ink Lake in Algeria

The city of Sidi Bel Abbes is famous for its incredibly beautiful water “neighbor”. The lake is amazing because its waters actually provide ink suitable for writing. It turns out that it’s all about two rivers that bring iron and other organic compounds from peat bogs to the lakes. Buying such ink is considered an honor not only in Algeria.

Jellyfish lake in Palau

25 million Mastigias jellyfish – is it a joke? And this quantity chose one Not big lake. Their main meetings take place in the center of the lake, preventing them from breaking through inside the circle. But if a person approaches, they will gladly let him into their kingdom. True, it is impossible to go deeper than 10 meters - the water there is already toxic. All jellyfish are observed with pleasure by biologists.

Kelimutu Lakes on Flores Island, Indonesia

These rainbow lakes are constantly changing color. Today the reservoir will be black, and in a couple of days it will flaunt a blue robe of water. The explanation is simple: a large amount of minerals helps change the color of water. They say that the color of the lake depends on which souls of the dead settle there: at least that’s what the locals believe.

Imagine making your way across the island through vast forests and ending up on the shore of a lake with bright pink water. Or that you are sailing on a boat in the middle of a whole sea of lotuses that stretch as far as your eyes can see and even further. It sounds like something out of a fairy tale, but in fact these scenes are very real if you decide to visit the most unusual lakes on the planet.

Since lakes are full-fledged ecosystems, they are sometimes capable of taking on unexpected forms and types that even the most sophisticated imagination cannot imagine. Like, for example, Lake Kliluk in Canada, which every summer turns from an ordinary mountain reservoir into a whole field dotted with oddly shaped spots.

Jellyfish Lake, Palau

Jellyfish can be a nuisance for beachgoers, but snorkeling with them in Jellyfish Lake on the Pacific Rocky Islands archipelago is an incredible experience. Golden jellyfish are glowing spheres that can be the size of a coin or a football. This is the only species of jellyfish that, during the process of evolution, lost the ability to sting.

Nong Khan Lake, Thailand

Every year, thousands and thousands of red lotuses bloom here, turning the surface of Thailand's Nong Khan Lake into a giant field of floating flowers. This water garden begins to bloom in October just after the monsoon season and peaks in December when locals take boats to enjoy the beauty. It is best to contemplate the blooming lake before noon, when the lotuses are at their maximum.

Pitch Lake, Trinidad

Some lakes can be very viscous, but certainly no more than this. Consisting of approximately 10 million tons of liquid asphalt and covering 100 acres, Pitch Lake near La Brea on the island of Trinidad represents the largest deposits of natural asphalt on the planet. This viscous mixture of water, natural gas, bitumen and minerals has been the world's main source of asphalt since 1595.

Boiling Lake, Dominican Republic

In the center of this 70-meter lake, the water is constantly in a boiling state, which makes it very difficult to carry out correct measurements of its temperature, but it ranges from 82 to 92 degrees. Scientists believe that this steamy pit is in fact either a fumarole (a crack and hole in the crater and at the base of the volcano that serves as a source of hot gases) or some kind of vent that leads directly to the volcanic magma.

Manicouagan, Canada

If you can't decide what exactly you want to visit - a river or a lake - go to Lake Manicouagan in the Canadian province of Quebec. This single ring-shaped lake appeared about 200 million years ago when a giant asteroid with a diameter of 5 kilometers fell to Earth. The result of its fall was this ring-shaped lake or, as it is also called, a concentric river.

Laguna Colorado, Bolivia

The landscapes on this lake are so unusual that Salvador Dali himself could envy them. The water in the lake gets its burgundy color due to plankton, red algae and other microorganisms living in it, which serve as food for another local attraction - the James flamingo, whose presence makes this place something of a cross between Mars and the Caribbean islands.

Erebus, Antarctica

Admiring this lake will not be an easy task, because the surrounding temperature can reach -60 degrees. Inside this one of five lava lakes on the planet, the temperature is around 1,700 degrees. Erebus is distinguished from the other four analogues only by its location on a continent, which, frankly speaking, is not characterized by too high temperatures. In general, Erebus is the second largest volcano in Antarctica, which has been constantly erupting since 1972.

Lake Hillier, Australia

No, it's not a reservoir filled with the world's supply of strawberry milkshake or bubblegum, it's just a lake of perfectly pink water. And this is not an optical illusion or a light effect; the water in this 600-meter lake retains its color both day and night. The exact cause of this phenomenon has not yet been established, but the main version calls the sources of the unusual color bacteria and microorganisms living in salt deposits.

Lake Superior, USA

Lakes can sometimes be as majestic as oceans. Take, for example, the Great Lakes in the US and Canada, whose giant waves - real paradise for surfers from several states at once. How north of the lake, the higher the waves reach. On Lake Superior powerful winds can raise waves as high as 10 meters, but the average wave height on the northernmost of the Great Lakes is about 1-2 meters.

Medicine Lake, Canada

The national park in the Canadian province of Alberta overlooks a lake so mysterious that you most likely will not find it, because every winter the water simply disappears. But it's not all about evaporation. Medicine Lake is more like a giant bathtub 6 kilometers long and 30 meters deep, which fills in the summer when glaciers melting in the mountains fall into the Maligne River. The river has several peculiar funnels - in Medicine Lake there is just one of them - which divert the river flows into the system underground caves, and then the river resurfaces in Maligne Canyon. Despite the enormous volumes of water from the glaciers, the entire absorption process takes only a few weeks. The mystery of Medicine Lake was only solved in the 1970s.

Lake Natron, Tanzania

This lake does an excellent job of protecting wildlife, but only in the not entirely familiar sense of this phrase. Natron literally turns animals and birds into stones, as if they had looked into the eyes of Medusa Gargona. Perfectly fossilized birds (even pigeons) and bats wash up on the shore of the lake every now and then. This ominous lake received its ability to calcify thanks to toxic ash and ash released from the surrounding volcanoes. No one can say exactly how the birds and animals die, but it appears that the lake's perfectly reflective surface causes them to take their fatal plunge.

Lake Mackenzie, Australia

You will hardly find a more ideal body of water than Lake Mackenzie on Earth. The snow-white sand along its shores consists of 100% silicon, which is used in many perfume products and has a positive effect on the condition of hair, skin and nails. The only source of perfectly clean and clear water in the lake is rain, whose acidity is incompatible with any living organisms except your relaxing body.

Pavilion Lake, Canada

This lake in the Canadian province of British Columbia can take you back hundreds of millions of years. From the outside, it is no different from thousands of other mountain reservoirs, but its bottom is covered with an ancient species of freshwater corals, which reproduce some of the first examples of life that appeared on our planet more than 2.5 billion years ago.

Lake Nyos, Cameroon

In 1986, this crater lake in Cameroon caused one of the most unusual natural disasters by literally exploding. A huge mass of water rose 100 meters, which led to a tsunami that covered the coast of the lake, after which the entire area was covered by a cloud of carbon dioxide, which claimed 1,746 human lives in just three days. Today it is quite safe to be near this lake - after the disaster, scientists developed a system that removes carbon dioxide from the bottom.

Dead Sea, Israel/Jordan

This sea is 10 times saltier than any other sea on the planet - 35% versus 3.5%. Thanks to this concentration of salt, you always remain on the surface, and your skin and joints receive an excellent healing effect. The water level in the Dead Sea is 427 meters below sea level and is falling at a rate of approximately 1 meter per year - this is the most low place on the planet.

From a pool that bubbles like champagne to lakes that change color... There are many things on our planet amazing places, which seem unearthly. The most unusual bodies of water can be dangerous, but this does not stop adventure lovers, because visiting them is an experience of a lifetime!

Boiling Lake (Dominican Republic)

This lake is literally boiling and steam is coming out of it. It is located high in national park Morne-Trois-Piton. You can get there only by overcoming a difficult path.
The lake is heated by lava constantly flowing into it, which releases steam and hot gas. You cannot swim in such water - it can be very expensive.

Peach Lake (Trinidad)

Black and sticky, Peach Lake is the largest deposit of liquid asphalt in the world. It is believed that the lake lies between two cracks, through which underground resin seeps.
The tiny droplets of water in the resin are home to many microorganisms. There are many petrified animals in the lake that fell into the viscous liquid.

Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park (USA)

The colorful Grand Prismatic Spring is the hottest body of water in Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Its depth ranges from 50 to 90 meters.
The mineral-rich pool is covered in concentric bands of vibrant colors, ranging from red to green, thanks to various heat-loving pigment bacteria. In the bright blue central part of the reservoir, the temperature reaches 87°C!

Travertine terraces of Pamukkale (Türkiye)

Turquoise pools of water fill the limestone terraces where mineral-rich streams once flowed.
The Terraces of Pamukkale, also called Cotton Castle, are located next to the ancient Roman city of Hierapolis. Both the terraces and the city are listed World Heritage UNESCO.

(British Columbia, Canada)

It is an alkaline lake, rich in minerals, especially sulfates. It also contains small doses of silver and titanium. The round spots appear in the summer when most of the water evaporates.
The lake, located in British Columbia, was called Kliluk by local Indians and was considered sacred. During World War I, minerals from the lake were used to make explosives.

Dead Sea (Jordan/Israel)

The Dead Sea is the saltiest body of water in the world. At the same time, this is also the most low point surfaces globe. The sea is so salty that there are not even fish in it! But the unique features of the reservoir make it easy for even a poor swimmer to stay on the surface. And the unique mud is known for its medicinal properties to the whole world.

Frying Pan Lake (New Zealand)

Located in New Zealand. In addition to being one of the largest hot pools in the world, generated by the power of a volcano, almost the entire periodic table is dissolved in its waters. And given the rather high temperature... this is by no means a place where you want to swim. And don’t let the unusual riot of colors fool you. This place is very dangerous!

Photo: Vašek Vinklát / flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Lake Hillier (Australia)

Is located small island at southwest coast Australia. Its water has a very unusual pale pink color. It is interesting that even if you put water in a container, it does not lose its amazing color for quite a long time. In the middle of the 20th century, scientists analyzed the water and found that the pink color was given to it by a type of algae.

What else does our mysterious and beautiful nature? How many interesting bodies of water, birds and animals there are on our Earth. And I would like to tell you about the 4 most unusual lakes on Earth. Who would have thought that on our native Earth will there be an asphalt lake? And it turns out there is even such a thing.

Asphalt Lake

Trinidat Island became famous only because in its central part there is a real asphalt lake. Magnificent asphalt! Of course, you can’t go into the lake and take a dip, but it is located in the crater of a former mud volcano, its depth is... 90 meters (!), and its area is 46 hectares. Emerging from the bowels of the earth through a volcano, oil lying at great depths loses all its volatile substances under the influence of evaporation and turns into asphalt. All this happens in the center of the lake basin. The place where more and more new layers of liquid asphalt appear is called “Mother Lake”. It is thanks to him that the Trinidad lake retains its reserves, despite the fact that every year up to 150 thousand tons of asphalt are extracted from it, which is used for construction needs. The bulk of it is exported to the USA, England and China. During the development of the lake, more than 5 million tons of asphalt were extracted, while the level of the miracle lake dropped by only half a meter! Any object that falls on the surface of the lake disappears into the black abyss. Scientists who explored the coastal depths of the “reservoir” discovered a whole cemetery of prehistoric animals. Including skeletons of mastodons, extinct during the Ice Age, which lived in this region. There are also deposits of valuable resin in the Dead Sea, famous for its salt reserves. The whole world knows about the extreme salinity of its water, in which it is impossible to drown. However, only specialists know about the deposits of the rare resin. Extraction of this unique substance from waters Dead Sea has been going on since ancient times. Resin is used in a wide variety of fields: medicine, for road construction, coating ship hulls, and in the chemical industry.

Ink Lake

This unusual lake is located in Algeria, near the city of Sidi Bel Abbess. The lake is filled with ink. There are no fish or plants in the lake, since the poisonous dark blue ink is only suitable for writing with! Until recently, people could not understand how such an unusual substance ended up in the reservoir. Scientists, having carried out relevant research and analysis, came to the conclusion: it’s all about the composition of the water of two small rivers flowing into this mysterious lake. One of them contains simply a huge amount of dissolved iron salts, the other contains all kinds of organic compounds from peat bogs located in the river valley. Merging together into a lake basin, the streams interact with each other, replenishing the amount of wonderful ink. Locals They relate to this miracle differently: some consider it a devilish obsession; others, on the contrary, benefit from it. The ink is sold not only in stores in Algeria, but also in Africa, the Mediterranean countries, and the Near and Middle East.

empty lake

But the mystery of the Russian Empty Lake, located in Altai, has not yet been revealed. All the reservoirs around are teeming with fish and lake game, but in Pustoy there is not a blade of grass, not a fry, not a bird on the shore, and this despite the fact that rivers flow from the fish lakes and flow into Pustoy. Researchers have tried dozens of times to populate mysterious lake local aquatic fauna and flora, giving preference to the most unpretentious species. However, all the experiments ended the same way: the fish and other living creatures, after a day or two, died, the vegetation rotted. The empty remained empty. But what is most surprising is that chemists, who have repeatedly analyzed water for the content of toxic substances, have proven that the water is absolutely non-toxic, suitable for consumption, and even... resembles champagne thanks to the smallest bubbles of harmless natural gas. The water of the lake was studied by experts from Germany, the USA, Belgium and Britain, and no one until now could explain or at least offer a plausible hypothesis about the phenomenon of this amazing reservoir. Will this mystery be solved in the foreseeable future? Alas, the experts shrug their shoulders vaguely.

acid lake

But still, the most “dead” sea on planet Earth is the ill-fated Lake of Death - a large body of water located in Sicily. Its shores and waters are devoid of any vegetation and living creatures; even birds do not fly over the lead-gray water. Swimming in it is deadly. Any living creature that falls into the water of this creepy lake, dies instantly. A person who dips his hand into the water for a second watches in horror as it turns red, becomes covered in blisters, the skin peels off, revealing bloody bones, bursting veins and blood vessels. But the fact is that water contains... sulfuric acid in huge concentrations. Very dangerous studies conducted by scientists in 1999 led to a stunning conclusion: concentrated sulfuric acid is released into the lake from two sources located at its bottom. It is not surprising that from time immemorial the Sicilian mafia hid their victims in these deadly waters: an hour - and a person does not even have teeth left.

28 chosen

I always associate May and early June with wonderful holidays on the lakes. It is there that nature acquires a unique atmosphere of harmony and happiness. People, families and companies, choose closer to the water and sun to have a good rest, gain the most positive emotions and, of course, prepare, both physically and mentally, for the new work week.

My family and I often go to the most unique lakes of our republic ( Tatarstan) – "Blue Lakes ". These are three separate lakes: Bolshoye Goluboe, Protochnoye and Maloe Goluboe. They are natural attractions of the city of Kazan. The water here is simply magical - transparent and, thanks to the lens effect, the depth seems much shallower than it actually is. There is a forest around the lakes, which gives they have even more mystery and charm. Usually, we come here for the whole weekend. We rent a small house, away from crowded places and enjoy the beautiful nature, which is far from the city (20 km). The air is fresh and clean.

Lakes always awaken me to life. In such places I am surrounded by some kind of romance. Good thoughts appear in your head, and you involuntarily begin to dream and make plans for the future. It was on the “Blue Lakes” that I got the idea to “travel” through the most unusual lakes of our world, which I want to tell you about today.

Lake Baikal, Russia
My TOP reveals the pride of our country, one of the most unique lakes on the planet - Baikal.
This is the most important lake that every Russian should visit. This lake has collected all the most unique and unusual things that nature could bestow on it.

Firstly, this is the largest lake on the planet. Its size is almost comparable to the size of the sea. It reaches a width of 25 to 80 km, and a length of 2100 km. Secondly, this is the most deep lake. The maximum depth, which was established back in 1983, reaches 1642 meters, the average depth of the lake is 744.5 meters. Thirdly, it is the largest fresh water reservoir. The peculiarity of water is that it contains few dissolved mineral particles, organic impurities and a lot of oxygen.

And this is not all the unique properties of the lake! Also lives here great amount species of plants and animals (more than 2500), 2/3 of which live only in this reservoir.

Ghost lake South Ossetia
The phenomenon lake, called Ertso, attracts a huge number of tourists and vacationers from year to year. And this is connected not so much with the beauty of the lake, but also with its ability to disappear. Exactly! Every 3-5 years the lake disappears into the ground, as if it had never been here before. This can happen at any time of the year, even in winter.

According to scientists, the matter is karst caves, where all the water periodically goes. No animals even live in the lake, as they are afraid of this unreliable place. As they say, miracles, and that’s all!

Lake of ink Algeria
This is happiness for students! All schoolchildren (especially high school students) and students have one big problem - ink in the pen, which constantly runs out at the most unexpected moment. But in Algeria there are no problems with this. They have a whole lake of ink!

Surprising but true. And the secret is that two rivers flow into the lake. One of them contains a large amount of iron salts, and the second contains a variety of organic compounds from peat bogs. Together they form ink. However, they are dangerous to the life of organisms, so there are no living creatures in the lake. But they are suitable for writing.

Lake of five flowers China
Lake Wuhua Hai is one of the most beautiful. And all this beauty is created by various algae growing in the waters of this lake. They are all different colors, and therefore form the color of the lake from sky blue to light yellow. And thanks to calcium carbonate, the water here is also very clear.

Lake Tahoe USA
Tahoe is one of the most large lakes North America. Its area is about 500 square meters. m. It is located between two states at the same time (Nevada and California).

And it is their attraction. One more interesting fact The lake is that the sun shines here 75% of the time of the year, that is, 274 days a year. There are also conditions for various sports and tourism activities.

Lakes in the crater of Kelimutu volcano, Indonesia
These amazing lakes are conveniently located in the craters of the Kelimutu volcano. Each of them is different in color. The colors are constantly changing. Many argue that it's all about volcanic gases. If now the lakes have turquoise, black and green colors, then back in 1960 the colors of the lakes were red-brown, dark blue and café au lait.

Another interesting fact is that there are 14 more nearby this volcano that erupt annually, unlike Kelimutu. His last eruption was recorded in 1968.

Laguna Colorada, Bolivia
This is amazing salt Lake many tourists around the world dream of seeing. This unusual color is given to the lake by the remains of algae that have formed over many centuries. Although the color may change depending on the sun.

From red it turns to yellow or green. You can also see a large number of flamingos here. I advise you to see it with your own eyes!

Dead Sea, Israel
In fact, this lake has nothing to do with the sea. He was so nicknamed because of his size. It is more than 75 km long, about 20 km wide, and its depth reaches 350 meters. Not as big as Baikal, but still big. It is also the saltiest in the world. Its water is more than 8 times saltier than the ocean.

The name "Dead" was obtained as a result of the fact that living organisms could not exist there normally. But this lake is good for people’s health. It is for this reason that a huge number of tourists gather here every year at various spa resorts.

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