Lake Missing in Southern Chile

[Jill Elvgren]

Missing: Large lake in southern Chile
Wed Jun 20, 6:44 PM ET
 


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.

[Bianca]

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[Bianca]

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[Bianca]

Sorry, Jill, I could not get the second picture to print.  The clicking on the URL does not work for

me, I have to use the "cursor sweep" and this was a two-line url.  Ugh!


BTW, I like how we are sort of on "the same wave-length", you and I.......

Love and Peace,
b

[Jill Elvgren]

Hi Bianca,

Thanks for printing that one picture, I tried to print it yesterday, but my computer messed up on me and I didn't have time to fix it.

I like how we are on the same wavelength, too!  I thought this one had something to do with global warming at first, too, but it looks like it was more related to an earthquake or something.

[Jill Elvgren]

Hey, your second picture printed just fine!  Check it out, it is in my post above.

[Bianca]

That's great, Partner!!!

Hugs,
b