Place in Palau Bashny.Net

Writes Enia Kulish
Sometimes it happens while traveling to get to places that are not just capture the imagination and deeply impressive, but make you think that the parallel worlds is actually much closer than is traditionally considered to be ...





One such place is in Palau ... And we could not not visit!

In fact, the Palau as a whole - is a country that defies the imagination ... It is composed of more than 300 islands, only 9 of which are inhabited ... And more than half of the nine inhabited can be called a stretch ... On our island, for example, the population barely Do exceeded 600 people ... It seems at one entrance of the house where I live and the more people! Reminds Maldives? No ... Not at all ...



The archipelago consists of a large number of small atolls, which were formed on the tops of the plurality of submarine volcanoes. In fact it is a chain of peaks oceanic ridge, which is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire.



Volcanic activity, as well as a series of coral reefs were once raised above the surface of the water as a result of tectonic shifts and later overgrown by tropical forests ...





All the islands of Palau rise above the surface to a height of 15 to 50 meters!



The lake is located in the heart of one of the major islands, surrounded by dozens of smaller ones ... and our route runs along the beautiful path to stray between the islands ornate hinges ...











Gateway to the lake, a small marina with floating pontoons, which hardly can park at the same time a couple of smaller boats ...



5 minutes up the stairs, 5 minutes down ...



And here we are finally at the goal ... small briefing from our dayvgida ...



Mist ...



Jellyfish Lake was formed about 12 thousand. Years ago as a result of crustal movements. In fact, this small salt pond is almost completely isolated. From the ocean it is connected through small cracks and tunnels in limestone, but only enough to maintain the salinity of the water ... There are also other features, but tourists do not go for it ...

As is obvious from the name - here live jellyfish ... That they are the magnet that draws in this place every day hundreds of tourists from all over the world ...



And not just any jellyfish, but a special population Scyphozoa. During the separate existence of the lake, due to the complete absence of natural enemies of jellyfish have multiplied to about 2 million individuals! Can you imagine that?





But that is not all! Some of the food is prepared by a jellyfish symbiotic algae that live in their tissues and feed products of metabolism jellyfish. And for the life of algae need light day ... So the whole colony rises to the surface and migrate across the lake during the day, following the sun ... What do we have? SOUP jellyfish !!!



Of course, I had seen photos before we go there ... But seen in reality repeatedly exceeded my expectations ... I can only regret the fact that the guarantee is not able to loggerheads it in words and pictures ...



Jellyfish do not appear immediately ... gradually as approaching the middle of the lake, the most sunlit side, their number increases ...







And suddenly you discover that all the space around is literally teeming with jellyfish !!!





For a man, these jellyfish are not dangerous ... Because of their separate lives and lack the enemies, they have completely lost goad tentacles to sting and therefore they can not physiologically ...



That, however, does not prevent them slap you with a sweep of the here and there, inducing fear and terror delicate psyche particularly sensitive people ...



Personally, I cringe every time these touches ...



At the same time, it was once again afraid to move, not to hurt someone ... Taurus jellyfish look so fragile and delicate that seems to be literally torn from any sudden movement of the water, not to mention the fins, etc. devices ...



But as the jellyfish were much stronger than you might have thought ... From the active strokes of course they scattered in different directions, but not falling apart and did not lose shape, and quickly collected and floated on his business ...



Just jellyfish and then floated beneath the surface completely, touch it with his cap, and then turn around and intensive care in depth (for which they did not obvious).



It is surreal ... Absolutely unreal ... It seems improbable that such a spectacle can be seen only in the form of three-dimensional images perfectly licked for the next sci-fi blockbuster ... but no! All of this actually exists on the planet, and even available to ordinary tourists!



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