Lake Smetana!

Likely it's named for either the ethnic sour dairyfood smetana or the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana. From a distance that building back yonder on the right looks vaguely Czech, but too I caught a whiff of what smelled to me like sour dairy coming off the algal bloom so I dunno. It'd be a nice evening down here if it weren't for the bugs.

 

I've been told that the workers in the Office Parks surrounding the lake have a petname for it, "Old Smet-Smet."

 

I'd like to see Algal Bloom Swimming become an Extreme Sport. Why not?

 

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In Eden Prairie, Minnesota, on June 4th, 2012, Lake Smetana as viewed from the "Smetana Lake Park Boat Ramp" near the east end of Smetana Lane.

 

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Library of Congress classification ideas:

GB1615 Lakes—United States—Pictorial works.

QR99.69.B55 Cyanobacterial blooms—Pictorial works.

F614.E34 Eden Prairie (Minn.)—Pictorial works.

Done