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Turquoise Lake is one of the tourist attractions of Wolin National Park. It is located south of the village of Wapnica (Międzyzdroje commune). Its area is 6.74 ha and it is 21.2 m deep. Since the groundwater level is 2.6 m above sea level, the lake forms a crypto depression with a depth of 18.6 m below sea level.
Before World War II, there was a chalk mine on the site of today's Turquoise Lake. After the end of World War II, the Russians dismantled the equipment located there and the open-cast mine gradually began to fill with water. In 1948, the Polish authorities decided to resume exploitation of the deposit, but by 1954 the chalk deposit had already been exhausted.
There is a karst phenomenon in the lake. The name of the lake comes from the bluish-green color of the water surface, which is caused by the splitting of sunlight in clear water and the reflections of the white chalk substrate with calcium carbonate compounds remaining on the bottom.
Der Türkissee ist eine der Touristenattraktionen des Nationalparks Wolin. Er befindet sich südlich des Dorfes Wapnica (Gemeinde Międzyzdroje). Seine Fläche beträgt 6,74 ha und er ist 21,2 m tief. Da der Grundwasserspiegel 2,6 m über dem Meeresspiegel liegt, bildet der See eine Kryptosenke mit einer Tiefe von 18,6 m unter dem Meeresspiegel.
Vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg befand sich an der Stelle des heutigen Türkissees ein Kreidebergwerk. Nach Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs demontierten die Russen die hier befindlichen Geräte und der Tagebau begann sich allmählich mit Wasser zu füllen. 1948 beschlossen die polnischen Behörden, die Ausbeutung der Lagerstätte wieder aufzunehmen, doch 1954 war das Kreidevorkommen bereits erschöpft.
Im See gibt es ein Karstphänomen. Der Name des Sees stammt von der bläulich-grünen Farbe der Wasseroberfläche, die durch die Aufspaltung des Sonnenlichts in klares Wasser und die Reflexionen des weißen Kreidesubstrats mit am Boden verbliebenen Calciumcarbonatverbindungen entsteht.
Six flowers are blooming at the moment. Two are fading and two more will bloom.
Cultivated in SGK = substrate glass culture.
A bald eagle on a textured snag tree. At first, I actually missed the fact that the eagle was there. The bird was well camouflaged based on the time of the morning and how well it blended in. Make no mistake, however, the eagle does not have to blend in. This is an apex predator and it defines the rules of engagement.
I photographed this eagle in Pasco County, Florida.
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A small jungle preserve, on a limestone substrate honeycombed with caves, grottoes and water-filled sinkholes (''blue holes'') that communicate with the sea, providing them with an unusual degree of marine life for their size.
Cultivated in SGK = substrate glass culture.
Unfortunately, some flowers are already through with the bloom.
JardÃn, Antioquia, Colombia
The spectacularly bizarre Andean Cock-of-the-rock is perhaps the most popularly recognized bird of the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains.
Distributed from Venezuela to Bolivia in the Andes, this species is readily identified by its fan-shaped crest and brilliant orange plumage. Males spend much of their time displaying at leks, where they jump up and down on particular branches and utter low, guttural croaks. The name is derived from their preference for rocks and ledges as substrates for their mud cup nests.
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