A general view of a dried lake in Magallanes, south of Santiago.
Do you think the ground can open up and swallow a full lake? Well that is what scientists are speculating happened in a remote region of the Andes in Patagonia, Chile.
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.
This undated combo image released by CONAF, Chile’s National Forest Service
Park rangers at Bernardo O’Higgins National Park said they found a 100-feet-deep crater in late May were the lake had been in March. Several large pieces of ice that used to float atop the water also were spotted. A group of geologists and other experts will be sent to the area 1,250 miles southeast of Santiago in the next few days to investigate.
One theory is the water disappeared through cracks in the lake bottom into underground fissures. Well to me it seems like climatic change is coming to a drastic stage. This is just the beginning!
Source: Reuters