Elton - Russian Dead Sea

Elton - a huge salt lake in the Russian Caspian lowlands. Its area is 152 square kilometers, and its depth - about 0, 1 meter (spring 0, 7-0, 8 meters). The lake is 18 meters below sea level. Elton is the largest salt lake in Europe.

16 photos + text via Strana.ru





Pull up close to the water impossible. Yet for many meters of water to the machine starts to slip, and then, in practice, will not have any one tractor.



In these open spaces person can not meet, but there is always a trace of his presence.



The ground underfoot becomes softer. The resulting pool of rapidly drags a crust of salt.



The lake in his last journey locusts fly. Perhaps some people would perceive it as a delicacy.



The closer to the water, the salt layer thickness.



Salt



Lake. Endless, very small and very warm. The water feels like oil. The taste - bitter.



On the horizon, people extract healing mud. It seems illegally ...



Dirt on the salt



Salt in the mud



Locusts kamikaze



The boys decided to take a bath healing



Smorogda - one of the rivers that feed the lake. Brackish water in it, but not the salt solution saturated so on its banks already have vegetation



On the surface the river seems to be absolutely transparent. But if it stepped on the foot immediately sucked into the mud. With proper dexterity it is still possible to rinse.



The boys tried to swim in the river Chernyavka (another river that feeds the lake) there still is one deep place. In the same, the only place for swimming, splashing fun local boys.



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