Lake of Tears - Unique Wonders of Nature

A unique natural phenomenon is in Indonesia. Three huge craters on the very top of Kelimutu volcano turned into lakes. Numerous tourists are most attracted by the color of the water. The fact is that the craters are very close to each other, but each lake has its own color.

Mystical Tradition

Lakes of tears, as they are called by the locals, have a beautiful legend. It is believed that it is there that the dead souls find the last rest. Righteously living people of old age after death fall into the Lake Starikov of a saturated emerald color. It is located more than a kilometer from the first two, as if symbolizing that wisdom and experience comes with age, and not immediately.

Souls who have gone very young and have not committed sins live in the turquoise waters of the central lake of the Youths and Girls. Through a small wall of hardened lava there is a lake of Tears and Evil spirits of brown color with a reddish tinge, where sinners with unkind deeds find eternal shelter. Such a small distance, according to the local population, is identified with the line between good and evil, which is very easy to cross.

Color change versions: Aboriginal opinion

The most surprising is that the lakes of unnatural shades arbitrarily change color. This phenomenon, which the natives attribute to a mystical raid, is very proud of Indonesia. Lakes of tears become an object of pilgrimage of tourists from all over the world.

Residents of the island are convinced that, changing color, the spirits living in the water show their disposition or, on the contrary, are angry with their descendants. There is another version, which says that in this way the souls of the buried ancestors warn of various disasters in the country.

Magical view

To foresee, when the lakes will acquire a new shade, it is impossible. Green turns into blue and black, sometimes the water becomes absolutely white or crimson. Early in the morning you can watch the steam rising from the water surface. And then the lake of tears look really mysterious, it seems as if the souls of long-lived people deprived of the bodily shell soar in a misty veil above the mirror-like surface. By the way, the name of the volcano means "smoking water".

Tourists climb to the top of the mountain for the best view - from there, from the observation deck, in the early morning and at sunset is a magical sight. The charming atmosphere and picturesque views will remain in the memory of those who visited the unique place for a long time.

Color change versions: the opinions of scientists

Of course, scientists do not believe in mystical signs and prefer to explain the changes in the color range from a scientific point of view. Through the cracks on the very bottom of the lakes sulfur gases and hydrogen are moving upward. When dissolved in water, the color changes under the influence of chemical reactions that take place with accumulated minerals inside the crater. The result of the combination of two acids (sulfuric and hydrochloric) gives a green color, saturated red appears during the reaction of iron with hydrogen sulphide. By the way, the burgundy color darkens over time, and the water becomes almost black. It's amazing: 2 Tears of lake are separated only by a thin barrier, and the shades are so different!

Lake tears are protected by the authorities of Indonesia and included in the attractions of the national park. Indigenous people are extremely fond of this place, and even put an image of national pride on a local bill.

Russian fairy tale

Admiring the Indonesian beauties, do not forget the famous Colored Lakes in the park Ergaki, located in the mountains of Western Sayan. And hundreds of tourists every year come to admire the Lake of the Virgin's tears, the depth of which plays an iridescent color on a bright sunny day. By right, it earned the glory of the picturesque water body of the world. Those who come here celebrate the incredible purity of the water, through the thickness of which the seeming multicolored stones appear on the very bottom. The surprise is not only its transparency, but also a pleasant taste. You can drink healthy water directly from the lake.

For those who are going to visit a unique place, there is an important recommendation - not to come here on a cloudy day, because, unlike a lake in Indonesia, the water here is absolutely transparent, and games with color depend on the depth, sunlight and layered reflections on the surface of the pond .