Glacial lake disappears in Patagonia, Chile

Kanchan , New Delhi: Jun 21 2007

Made Popular Jun 21 2007

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...

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Ravinder Makhaik Jun 22 2007

Shimla, India

Just how little we know Earth and it mysterious ways is exemplified by a lake simple vanishing within two months.

Attempts must be made to ascertain what caused this vanishing act?

No earthquake activity has been reported in the region. Something is amiss. The earth opening up and swallowing a lake without the seismographs recording no earth movements is astonishing.

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Ravinder Makhaik Jun 22 2007

Shimla, India

Glacial Lake Outburst , a phenomenon not unknown in highlands is one possibility about the lake waters draining out suddenly. But that should have caused massive damage downstream where the still waters suddenly gushed to.

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