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June 22nd, 2007, 07:45 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6225676.stm


Lake disappears suddenly in Chile


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Scientists in Chile are investigating the sudden disappearance of a glacial lake in the south of the country.
When park rangers patrolled the area in the Magallanes region in March, the two-hectare (five-acre) lake was its normal size, officials say.
But last month they found a huge dry crater and several stranded chunks of ice that used to float on the water.
One theory is that an earthquake opened up a fissure in the ground, allowing the lake's water to drain through.
"In March we patrolled the area and everything was normal," said Juan Jose Romero from Chile's National Forestry Corporation, Conaf.
"We went again in May and to our surprise we found that the lake had completely disappeared. All that was left were chunks of ice and an enormous fissure."
Geologists and other experts are being sent to the area, which is some 2,000km (1,250 miles) south of the capital, Santiago, to investigate.
The region is shaken by frequent earth tremors and one idea is that a strong quake which hit the neighbouring region of Aysen in April opened up the fissure in the bottom of the lake. A glacier specialist, Andres Rivera, told Chilean newspaper La Tercera that the lake's disappearance seemed to be part of the continual reforming of the landscape. The Magallanes area "has seen interesting changes in the last few decades," he said, noting that the lake itself had not been there 30 years ago.
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June 22nd, 2007, 07:50 PM

I saw that on BBC -- an entire lake disappears! Kinda eerie when you think of it. What next? An island or two??
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June 22nd, 2007, 10:19 PM

Quoting triedit
The Magallanes area "has seen interesting changes in the last few decades," he said, noting that the lake itself had not been there 30 years ago.
It may be a natural cycle. Lake comes, then tremors and lake goes probably to come back sometime.

If you had lakefront property on that lake it probably lost a bit of value.
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June 23rd, 2007, 02:34 AM

Here's my theory...

Rich men have come and taken all the water away to sell it.
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June 23rd, 2007, 04:49 AM

What happened to the guy who was canoing across the lake when she went down the drain??

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June 23rd, 2007, 08:55 AM

The large print giveth, the small print taketh away.
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June 23rd, 2007, 09:13 AM

Quoting oldnugly
What happened to the guy who was canoing across the lake when she went down the drain??

He popped out in Lake Tahoe
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