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The Amazing Underwater Forest of Lake Kaindy

What makes Lake Kaindy truly remarkable is that it contains an underwater forest. Visible on the lakes surface are the tall, dried-out tops of submerged Spruce trees that rise above the water’s surface like the masts of sunken ships. They are the only sign of the amazing frozen forest below the water’s surface.

The water is so cold (even in summer the temperature does not exceed 6 degrees) that the pine needles remain on the trees, even after a hundred years of being submerged. During the winter, the lake freezes and becomes a popular spot for ice diving.

The lake is 400 meters long and is located in Kazakhstan’s portion of the Tian Shan Mountains, about 129 km from the city of Almaty. The lake was created after an earthquake in 1911 triggered a large landslide blocking the gorge and forming a natural dam.

tomoatmeal:

If some dummy is standing out in the yard blowing bubbles and you walk up talking about maple syrup and the moron’s like, “What’s maple syrup?” the best thing you can do is to yank that bubble wand out of his hand and dip it into the jar of maple syrup you carry around. 

Coat the wand generously and then blow a huge bubble. Watch as it floats across the street, faster and faster until it collides with some geek who is crossing the street with a gigantic stack of books.   The maple syrup bubble explodes against the geek and the books are transformed into an electric guitar!!!

Hand the bubble wand back. 

“THAT is maple syrup.”

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