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Posted:
This actually is about my lost lake in Chile... It just disappeared... Wonder where it went? Around the corner, next pub, had a drink, forgot his way home?
Taken from: Yahoo News
So if you happen to see a lake somewhere passing by and he's happening to speak Spanish with a strong accent, please tell him that he's missed and point out the direction...
This actually is about my lost lake in Chile... It just disappeared... Wonder where it went? Around the corner, next pub, had a drink, forgot his way home?
Taken from: Yahoo News
Written by: Reuters
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A lake in southern Chile has mysteriously disappeared, prompting speculation the ground has simply opened up and swallowed it whole.
The lake was situated in the Magallanes region in Patagonia and was fed by water, mostly from melting glaciers.
It had a surface area of between 4 and 5 hectares (10-12 acres) -- about the size of 10 soccer pitches.
"In March we patrolled the area and everything was normal ... we went again in May and to our surprise we found the lake had completely disappeared," said Juan Jose Romero, regional director of Chile's National Forestry Corporation CONAF.
"The only things left were chunks of ice on the dry lake-bed and an enormous fissure," he told Reuters.
CONAF is investigating the disappearance.
One theory is that the area was hit by an earth tremor that opened a crack in the ground which acted like a drain.
Southern Chile has been shaken by thousands of minor earth tremors this year.
So if you happen to see a lake somewhere passing by and he's happening to speak Spanish with a strong accent, please tell him that he's missed and point out the direction...
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Location: without class distinction, Australia
Posted:
You sure that's real?
SO random!
You sure that's real?
SO random!
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
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wandering thru the woods of WI
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wandering thru the woods of WI
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Location: Wisconsin, USA
Posted:
yup, it's all over yahoo news
yup, it's all over yahoo news
Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
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Posted:
and not just Yahoo, but I guess it comes from Reuters...
and not just Yahoo, but I guess it comes from Reuters...
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
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wandering thru the woods of WI
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Location: Wisconsin, USA
wandering thru the woods of WI
3,556 posts
Location: Wisconsin, USA
Posted:
I think the one I read off of yahoo was AP
I think the one I read off of yahoo was AP
Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
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Posted:
that lake must be having his head in the clouds
that lake must be having his head in the clouds
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
Good Ol' Yarn For Hair
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Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
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Location: Atlanta, GA, USA
Posted:
Well, look at what happened to the Aral Sea. While that has a bit more of an explanation to what happened, and it happened over a longer time, it's still vanishing slowly but surely. And, though it's not as incredibly random as a lake disappearing, the Aral Sea has left some pretty weird and haunting pics of large fishing vessels out in the middle of what looks like a desert.
Well, look at what happened to the Aral Sea. While that has a bit more of an explanation to what happened, and it happened over a longer time, it's still vanishing slowly but surely. And, though it's not as incredibly random as a lake disappearing, the Aral Sea has left some pretty weird and haunting pics of large fishing vessels out in the middle of what looks like a desert.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
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