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1. Lake with a monster: Brosno (Russia, Tver region)

Locals often see an ancient lizard in their lake. Scientists tried to help them and find the terrible "Brosny monster", but all in vain. What is going on there anyway? So, the processes of decomposition at the bottom cause the formation of bubbles with carbon dioxide. These bubbles can easily capsize a small boat. As for fear... In general, this is really very easy to confuse with a monster attack.

2. Lake Hillier (Australia)

Meet the most acidic lake in the world. Delicate turquoise water, 200 °C at depth, suffocating deadly methane gases, in addition mysteriously glowing bright blue at night. But in spite of all this, locals they manage to collect sulfur on the shores without even wearing protective masks.

4. Sudden Lake: Gafsa (Tunisia)

The strangest thing about this lake is its sudden appearance in the middle of a dry desert. Scientists believe that the reservoir was formed as a result of seismic activity, but how this could happen so quickly is still unclear.

5 Boiler Lake: Boiling Lake (Dominican Republic)

The lake that killed 1,746 people. On August 21, 1985, a cloud of asphyxiating gas appeared in the nearby territories of Nyos, which killed all life. As scientists found out, the volcano located in the lake was to blame: carbon dioxide entered the water, rising to the surface and spreading like a cloud everywhere.

Before you go swimming, be sure to find out what's at the bottom.

7. Surprise at the Bottom: Lake Michigan (USA)

At first glance, the lake looks charmingly attractive. Pleasant color of water, no monsters and other horrors. But the catch, as always, is underwater. These are spontaneously occurring strong currents that carry people away from the coast. And in autumn, high waves appear on the lake, as if in the ocean.

8. Roopkund, or Skeleton Lake (Himalayas)

The remains of 200 people who died strange deaths lay at the bottom of this lake for almost 11 centuries until they were found by British troops in 1942. What happened to 200 people at the same time? The answer turned out to be simple: a deadly hail the size of a cricket ball (7 cm in diameter).

There are thousands of large and small lakes on our planet. Many of them are nameless, and some are famous for their unusual qualities. Who has not heard about the deepest and clear lake in the world? Of course, this is Baikal, located in Altai. Or the mysterious Loch Ness in Scotland, which supposedly harbors a monster.

More or less known lakes with unusual color water - Lake Kelimutu, Lake Jellyfish, Ink, Asphalt, Lake of Morning Glory and. All of them belong to natural anomalies and are under close attention of scientists - limnologists, hydrologists.

Death Lake Legends

Not many people know about the existence of dead lake on the Lake of Death. When a person hears such a name, it causes not the most pleasant associations, and not in vain. After all, this lake is shrouded in a negative mantle and hides in its depths the secrets of unsolved crimes.

As you know, Sicily was a "hotbed" of mafia clans, and many intractable victims of the Sicilian mafiosi ended their stay on earth right here - in the waters of an acid lake in Sicily. In any case, this is what the legend of the lake of Death says, and is supported by the local population to enhance the color. And to believe in it or not is a purely personal matter.

The lake deserved its name, of course, not because of the alleged massacres committed on its shores, but because of its composition. Before the first scientific expedition was sent to the lake, no one knew why the space around it is lifeless and the waters of the lake are dangerous for all life that got into it.

After all, everything that falls into the lake dies within a few minutes. On the shore, a few tens of meters from the water, not even the slightest sign of vegetation can be seen. Why is this happening? What is the unknown composition of water that makes it deadly?

Why does the lake of death kill?

Thanks to several scientists who have repeatedly tried, at the risk of their own lives, to uncover the mystery of the dead lake, they managed to find out that sulfuric acid is the reason for the lack of life here. It is contained in the waters of the lake in such a huge amount that even the simplest microorganisms that staunchly survive in various adverse conditions die instantly here. It was possible to establish that sulfuric acid enters the lake from two underground sources.

Sulfur Lake in Sicily is the most dangerous lake on Earth. after all, not only water is poisonous here, but the air itself is saturated with harmful acidic fumes. Despite this sulfuric acid lake in Sicily, it attracts extreme tourists from all over the world.

Such a unique natural phenomenon is the only one of its kind on our planet. The lake simply fascinates with its unusual beauty, a bright combination of colors. In summer, during the dry months, the lake dries up, but in winter you can enjoy its view to the fullest. An incredible combination of colors will not leave anyone indifferent. It is difficult to compare something in beauty and danger with the lake of Death.

Due to the danger of contact with harmful fumes, special wooden footbridges with fences have been built for tourists. Although hardly any of the curious, knowing about the dangers that lurk in the surrounding area, dare to break the rules and come closer to the enchantingly beautiful, but poisonous coast.

Sulfur Lake occupies a large area. It is located in a province called Catania, on the island of Sicily and is called Lago Naftia di Catania.

Many skeptics argue that the bulk of the information about the Lake of Death is fiction that has nothing to do with reality, but you can find out only by visiting it yourself.

in blogs, in social networks, on various entertainment portals and even in the news in 2007, information began to appear about a certain Lake of Death in Sicily. There was similar information on different sites - they wrote that instead of water in this lake there is acid, and therefore nothing living can be found either in the lake itself or around it. Particularly bloodthirsty publications wrote that Sicilian mafiosi hid the bodies of enemies in this lake. Today we propose to figure out what actually hides the incredible phenomenon of an acidic dead lake.

Information from the World Wide Web

Today, a description of the Sicilian Lake of Death can be found on a hundred different portals. So, according to the information they provide, the dead lake is an absolutely deserted place where not a single living organism can be found, and even unpretentious plants do not grow around it. The thing is that this lake is enriched with sulfuric acid, the concentration of which is simply prohibitive.

Location

One travel portal even tells where the Lake of Death in Sicily is located: it is recommended to go to the province of Catania, to the municipality of Palagonia, which is located fifteen kilometers from the colony of Leontini.

There is information about the size of the lake - its circumference does not exceed 480 feet (this is about 146 meters), and therefore this lake dries up completely in summer. The tour operator who published the article recommends going in search of this lake in winter - so the probability of finding it increases significantly. At the same time, the site says that the locals have not even heard of the dead lake and doubt that such a thing can even exist.

Secret of the lake

On various entertainment portals, you can find out that some scientific expeditions discovered this reservoir, which discovered two sources of sulfuric acid at its bottom at once. It is also said that some tests were even carried out (however, which ones and by whom is not indicated anywhere).

Interesting facts about the lake of Death in Sicily

Of course, a large number of legends and mysteries could not but appear around such a place. One of the legends says that the Sicilian mafiosi dissolved the bodies of the people they killed right here. It is impossible to find out whether this is true or not, because a couple of hours after diving into a dangerous lake (if it exists, of course), not even teeth will remain from a person.

Eduard Novikov's investigation

There is no mention of this place on Italian sites. And not a single local resident heard anything about him. Moreover, the study of the photo of the mystical lake showed that the photo of the lake of Death in Sicily absolutely coincides with the pictures of the lake located in Yellowstone National Park. In addition, vegetation is clearly visible in these pictures, which is completely different from what should grow in Sicily!

A truly impeccable investigation was conducted by Eduard Novikov, who had previously dispelled the myths about the ink lake in Algeria. He managed to find out what exactly became the prototype of a dangerous lake. He also learned about how information about the reservoir with acid appeared in general. We bring to your attention his investigation!

Work done

Novikov began by carefully examining various maps. And to no avail. Even the lists of all the Sicilian lakes did not give any result. True, Edward managed to find out that, most likely, the name of the lake is Laghetti di Naftia or Lago di Naftia.

The next step was to search for the works of various scientists who might be familiar with the prototype of the Lake of Death in Sicily. It turned out that volcanologist Gaetano Ponte took a lot of photos of Lago di Naftia.

The researcher said that the bubbling of thermal waters in the lake was caused by emissions of not acid, but carbon dioxide. The pictures of the volcanologist clearly show that there is vegetation both in the water itself and on the banks. So, there can be no talk of any increased acidity. In 1897, Lago di Naftia began to shrink, turning into several small reservoirs. And by 1905, only small puddles remained on the site of the lake.

Professor Francesco Ferrara was also involved in the study of the lake. He wrote about the lake as follows: the shape of the lake resembles a circle with a diameter of 480 feet. Its depth is about 14 feet. The lake appeared due to volcanic phenomena. Methane, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide come to the surface of Lago di Naftia, so it seems that the water is seething. The color of the water is yellow-green. From time to time, oil slicks appear on the surface of the lake.

Of course, if the lake really was acidic, scientists would hardly have forgotten to mention it. So where are the roots of the story about the Lake of Death in Sicily?

Roots in the book

If you take a quote from an article about a dangerous lake regarding the victims of the mafiosi, you can find a book by Anatoly Paskhalov called "Amazing Etymology". The year of publication of this book is 2007. Please note that it was then that references to the Lake of Death in Sicily first appeared on the Web.

What does Paskhalov write? He claims that the most "dead" body of water in the world is not the Dead Sea, but the Sicilian lake, on the shores of which there is no vegetation. Eduard Novikov reviewed the list of literature used by Anatoly Pavlovich and found out that only Vartanyan's work, which is called "History with Geography" of 1996, can be considered a potential source of information about the terrible reservoir. Novikov failed to find this book - there is only its name on the World Wide Web, and it is not available in online stores either. However, there is the same book, albeit dated 1986. Only here in it there is no information about the lake. It can be assumed that the 1996 edition was supplemented by a beautiful and unusual legend.

On our planet, there are a huge number of the most beautiful reservoirs, which radically differ from each other in their color, composition, size and other characteristics.

1. Acid lake, Sicily.

The Sicilian lake is the most dangerous in the world. Its waters contain a high concentration of sulfuric acid, which enters the lake from underground sources. Naturally, no fish are found in the lake, and approaching it close is deadly for both animals and humans. The locals called this body of water the lake of death. However, it is precisely this composition of the lake that makes it stunningly beautiful.

2 Jellyfish Lake, Palau

In the Republic of Palau, there is a one-of-a-kind lake where several million golden and moon jellyfish are found. Diving in the underwater space of this lake turns into a breathtaking adventure. You will not be able to see such an enchanting spectacle anywhere else.

3. Morning Glory Lake, Yellowstone.

Another beautiful lake is located in the Yellowstone National Park, in the United States of America. To be more precise, this reservoir is a hot spring, which originally had a crystal blue color. Over time, numerous tourists of the park littered its waters with coins, due to which the lake changed color to an emerald hue at its deepest point, and at the edges it turned bright yellow.

4. Peach Lake, Trinidad.

The title of one of the most unusual lakes in the world rightfully deserves the asphalt lake Peach Lake. It is located in the crater of a mud volcano and you won’t be able to swim in it. As part of this reservoir there is natural asphalt, which has the peculiarity of pulling motionless objects into itself. This the only lake on which you can walk.

5. Lake Hillier, Australia

This is one of the most beautiful pink lakes on our planet. The completely unexpected color of this lake attracts many tourists to Australia, and scientists still cannot determine the reason for this color of water. The landscapes of this place are unique, because pink lake located very close to the coast of the Indian Ocean, which creates a sharp contrast of colors.

6. Lake Kliluk, Canada.

Lake Kliluk is also called spotted, because the mineral rocks contained in its waters, depending on the season, form solid mounds that you can walk on. And between such passages there are small lakes that shimmer in different colors from the sun's rays. To date, the territory of the lake is fenced, and tourists cannot approach the water, although even the view of such water spots is amazing.

7. Gippsland lake, Australia.

There is a completely unique luminous lake in the world, in the waters of which bioluminescent living organisms live. Of course, the glow mainly occurs at night, but it can also be seen during the day in the falling sun rays penetrating into the depths of the lake.

8. Lake Kelimutu, Indonesia.

In Indonesia, you can see the fantastic landscapes of three crater lakes, which can change color according to their own mood. Basically, the lakes take on the color of blue, olive and blood red. To climb to the top of the volcano, a special path was made for tourists, but not everyone uses it, but bypasses it along the edge of the lakes, which is very dangerous because of the vapors coming from the water.

9. Lake Balkhash, Kazakhstan.

This lake is special because it consists of salt and fresh water. A small peninsula divides it into two parts, which are strikingly different from each other. This lake is a popular place for fishermen and hunters, as there are many species of fish and birds.

10. Lake Nakuru, Kenya.

This Kenyan lake is considered one of the most amazing sights on the entire planet. Its unusualness lies not only in nature, but also in its inhabitants. Since the lake has high salinity, there are practically no fish here, but this place is very fond of birds, namely pink flamingos. The number of these birds is simply amazing, because here you can see thousands and even more species of large and small flamingos, which you will not see every day.

11. Five Flower Lake, China

The lake is located in one of the reserves of China, Jiuzhaigou. This reservoir has several features: it is the only one of the local water sources that does not freeze in the winter season, every season the lake changes its color from yellow to green, and its water is so transparent that through a great depth you can clearly see the bottom of this amazing pool.

12. Lake Hamilton Pool, USA.

In Texas you can see very amazing lake which is both underground and above ground. Hamilton Pool has a 15-meter waterfall in its water area, a beautiful limestone arch, and of course, a picturesque lake, which is loved by numerous tourists from all over the world.

Today we will talk about one of the most dangerous and creepy places on the planet - the lake of death in Sicily.

Whatever phenomena our Earth is not full of, faced with the story of this place, you doubly realize that there are much more miracles around us than we can imagine. This is truly a miracle, albeit a terrible miracle. At the same time, it is very beautiful in appearance, but it kills all living things.

At the bottom of the lake there are permanent natural sources of sulfuric acid. All of us who understand at least a little what sulfuric acid is should know what happens to all living things when they come into contact with a body of water - at small doses, severe burns remain, when immersed - the dissolution of all tissues and liquids, destruction.

Here's what you can find about the lake of death in the first lines of search engines:

“The Lake of Death in Sicily is a completely deserted place where not a single living organism is found, and on its shores there is not even the most meager vegetation. The Lake of Death in Sicily is generously enriched with sulfuric acid, the concentration of which is simply enormous.

On one of the tourist sites, in response to a question about the location of the Lake of Death, it says this:

“The lake is located: the province of Catania, the municipality of Palagonia, about 15 km from the Greek colony of Leontini. The lake is not big at all - less than 480 feet in circumference and dries up in the summer. Therefore, it is better to go searching in the winter. Local residents have not heard anything about such a lake and doubt that such a thing can exist in nature.”

And usually this photo “shines” everywhere (as well as the one standing first in the article):

The shores of the lake are deserted, devoid of vegetation, since everything is burned by the murderous environment, there are no life forms in the liquid of the reservoir, inside, at the bottom, all living things that fall into the lake immediately dissolve with a seething reaction.

They say that this lake is notorious not only because of its composition: having the natural ability to “dissolve” any form of life, that is, to destroy, they began to use mafiosi for their cruel, selfish purposes, for which Italy is famous, killers - from a person (living or a corpse) when immersed in sulfuric acid, there are no traces left.

So they could "execute" objectionable people: they were simply buried alive in this lake. They were thrown there, watching the torments of the unfortunate. Being near this place is dangerous. inhalation of sulfuric acid fumes is fraught with health, because the place is uninhabited. Such information is found on the Internet.

These photos on the Internet also “glow” like a photo of a death zoer

In fact, this lake is not so popular, most of the Sicilians do not even know about its existence, I don’t know why. In general, Sicily is by no means associated with lakes of sulfuric acid - this is an area in Italy with wonderful landscapes, majestic architecture, a warm climate and a population of about 5 million people.

Scientists have not been able to establish the nature of the appearance of two sources with sulfuric acid so far: in 1999 it was found that concentrated sulfuric acid bubbles from the bottom of the lake, previously it was assumed that sulfuric acid was washed out from nearby rocks.

In general, this is the most dangerous body of water in the world ... Close contact with it, "bathing" causes instant death.

The lake is located (according to information from YouTube videos) in the province of Catania, near the Greek colony of Leontia.

In the summer it dries up, in the winter it can be seen in all its glory.

Such unusual places our planet is rich… Would you like to visit this place? Face death first hand. experience an adrenaline rush? Feel the “aroma” of desert and the death of all life around? And in general - did you seriously believe that there is such a lake ??

This is how the Internet makes us crayfish ...

Someone somewhere once posted a "duck" that there is such a terrible lake, and then everyone copies, retells the same information, without even trying to verify it. So, the mythical lake in Sicily became popular among Internet users, when even the locals had not heard of it.

Why did I personally doubt the existence of the lake?

- There is very little information, despite the fact that the videos and articles say that back in 1999 it was found that there are two sources of sulfuric acid at the bottom. All articles about this place are a retelling of each other, no specific facts, reviews of tourists ... either they all did not return from there alive, or they had never been there ... This lake, if it existed in reality, would have long been studied far and wide, would have removed a lot films. Okay, you can leave one chance in a hundred that this object is under the heading secret and the corpses are destroyed there.

- I was confused by the pictures with this lake, where the greenery is around, I climbed deeper into the Internet, and found interesting information, which testified that I was not the only one who doubted the existence of the lake (which I will talk about later). Look at the pictures of this lake - note that the banks are covered with green grass, trees grow nearby, though in the videos the same place is deserted. Removed from the use of editors, which is not necessary.

What kind of grass, if all living things nearby die according to the versions of the authors of the rewritten articles ?? Do they even look at the photo?

Sulfuric acid does not exist in nature! It is found in extremely small quantities in volcanic fluids during volcanic eruption, in precipitation, “with the release of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in the seas! where when combined with water and oxygen in the air. Sulfuric acid is obtained chemically, industrially. In nature, it is too active to remain in liquid form for how long. And none of the scientists have even heard of two sources of concentrated (!!) sulfuric acid.

Moreover, sulfuric acid cannot be preserved in such in large numbers on the surface of the earth.

- Sulfuric acid, even chemically obtained, in pure form it is not capable of dissolving human corpses in a matter of minutes: muscles and cartilage dissolve within a few hours, partial dissolution of bones is possible within a few days, complete dissolution is possible, depending on concentration and other factors. It is difficult to completely get rid of a corpse with sulfuric acid. Even when mixed with other acids - hydrofluoric, hydrochloric, hydrogen peroxide, etc., this process is not as simple as it is shown to us in scary films. Source: The experiences of the killers of the last century (mysterious crimes of the past) and the arguments of scientists.

Therefore, the legends that corpses were dissolved without a trace in the Sicilian lake of death are nothing more than legends. For example, one of the highest concentrations of sulfuric acid found in nature in a crater in Kamchatka is 40%, and even such a concentration cannot dissolve corpses without a trace.

- The unclear location of the lake, the indicated coordinates: not far from Catania, near Leontia - do not give anything, there is no designated object there.

In general, everything turned out to be somehow confusing ... However, despite the lack of arbitrarily sufficient facts about the reality of the existence of the lake of death, they tell children about it at school (according to personal experience know), it is included in the list of the most dangerous places on Earth, according to negligent authors, but the entire Internet is littered with this information. This false information is included in the topic "Oera" of an open lesson for the 6th grade in geography.

Those who had previously doubted the reality of the Sicilian lake with sulfuric acid conducted their “investigation” and this is what they found.

This lake cannot be found on Google Maps. Mount Etna north of Catania and Palagonia, Lentini. Coniferous forests in Sicily also caused bewilderment.

“While I was analyzing the material on Sicily, I came across link1 and link2 which gave the key to further search for a lake with the name Laghetti di Naftia or Lago di Naftia.

So, after all, the lake WAS, otherwise I already doubted its existence. This reservoir, like many others natural objects in Sicily, was associated with the name of the volcanologist Gaetano Ponte 1876-1955, who studied them and took a lot of pictures of Lago di Naftia. The bubbling of sulphurous thermal waters is caused by abundant emissions of carbon dioxide, and not at all by acid.

Under the article is a video (albeit in Italian) about Gaetano Ponte and his research, directly about the lake at the beginning of the video at 0:20 and after 5:45.

That is, a lake with bubbling contents was in these places, but a very long time ago ...

Here is a photo of the lake from the late 19th-early 20th century (the first photo is from 1888) - from the author of the "investigation":

The lake is slowly shrinking...

But you can see that the grass in the lake is growing, which completely breaks the myth about the presence of concentrated sulfuric acid in the reservoir.

The photo shows picturesque evidence of the lake from artists of past centuries.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the lake became a puddle; by the 30s of the 20th century, it presumably regained the water level.

“This is noticeable in the video from the archive of the magazine LUCE - B0771 for October 1935. From it we learn that Lake Naftia in Catania (Sicily) was at that time recognized as the largest natural source of carbon dioxide in Europe (note, there is not a word about any acid here either!). On its deserted shores, they were subsequently going to build a factory for the production of carbon dioxide, so as not to import it from abroad. I wonder if this enterprise was built later?

The keys gushing from the bottom of the lake, which has been crushed over time, led modern mystics to the assumption of the presence of sulfuric acid in the lake and even the involvement of some victims of local criminals in the death in this reservoir.

“Finding the text of this edition on the Web was not difficult:

Quote: "Water is alive and dead

Did you know that the most "dead" is not the Dead Sea, but the Lake of Death on the island of Sicily? There is no vegetation on its banks, and any creature that falls into it perishes. As it turned out, two sources of concentrated sulfuric acid are beating from the bottom of the lake. They poison the water."

After examining the list of references indicated by Paskhalov, the author came to the conclusion that only the first point should be considered as a source of information about the lake of death (the rest relate more to the topic of Russian etymology and toponymy) - E.A. Vartanyan "History with Geography, or Proper Names on the World Map" - M .: Kalan, 1996.

But even in this book nothing really is said about the lake, only the supplemented edition helped to find a hint to further search for information.

The main thing - why do you think there are no modern photos of this reservoir? Why don't tourists flock there? And that lake, what is it multi-colored and mixed with a photo of a muddy reservoir - do they have anything to do with the Sicilian lake of death?

The last photo indicating that there was to be Lago di Naftia is dated 2011, taken from the Rocchicella hill, the caption to the photo says that once there were “thermal lakes with seething sulphurous water, which are associated with the myths of the Sicilian sons of Zeus. The vicinity of the Naftia lakes and the Rocchicella cave hill are an archaeological site, they were ancient places of Palici worship. The lakes disappeared after land reclamation in the second half of the 20th century.”

By searching through Google maps for the Rocchicella object, we managed to find “an archaeological site with this name, 3 km west of Palagonia, near the Strada Provinciale 181 highway.

A screenshot from the Google Maps panorama of the same carbon dioxide production facility that was planned to be built back in 1935. It can be seen in the distance in the first picture.

Satellite photo, question mark - the site of the proposed lake, which is now waterless.

In general, this lake simply does not exist today! However, the author of the "report" established where they were and what kind of lakes they were, lakes with geysers, but not with sulfuric acid.

As for the lake, which many put on the screen saver under the guise of a lake of death, beautiful, colorful and deadly - according to them, this is a completely different lake and there, as they say, does not smell of sulfuric acid.

This property is located in the Yellowstone national park, USA, and is called “Lake of Morning Glory” (in honor of the Morning Glory flower, which has a sapphire color).

As one version says, such a multi-colored color of the lake turned out as follows. Previously (since this is a geyser, and periodically active, earthquakes happen here), the temperature of the lake was about 100 degrees, but tourists who visited places threw coins into the lake, which led to certain reactions in the geyser and its temperature dropped to 70-50 degrees. Bacteria and microorganisms began to multiply in the reservoir.

“Organisms painted the lake in various colors: cyanobacteria 73 ° C - yellow, protozoa 66 ° C - orange, fungi and algae 60 ° C - yellow / green, mosses 50 ° C - brown ... "

Coniferous trees grow safely around the lake, there is wildlife, and it is unnaturally beautiful, but not as dangerous as they tried to present to us.

We can see a photo of the outlandish lake of the Yellowstone Nature Reserve in the photo at the beginning and in the middle of the article in all its glory.

Summing up, I will say.

That's what the rumors are doing! And the human passion for everything dangerous, creepy! And this is how unverified information on the Internet can produce fakes, so that even our children are taught fictional facts at school.

But! There are miracles in our country, by the way! For example, the valley of death in Kamchatka exists, and is quite real, and there are dangers, at least reduce the adrenaline. A volcanic crater, where sulfuric and hydrochloric acid are at a concentration of at least 40%, but perhaps this information is also worth checking ....