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Lake Kaindy - Drowned Forest
Mountain Lake at an altitude of 2000 meters, the purest water unreal turquoise color and dead wood, standing among her - once there were trees. In the distance floats duck and screaming all around, and the echo of her grunt resounds in the mountains ...
1. The summer sunrise shot for me always is hard. But the morning of the day was definitely special. Anyway, I believed in it, getting out of the car in the 5-30 and inserting charged batteries into the camera.
2. Once upon a time, in 1910, because of an earthquake landslides blocked the gorge.
3. Shortly mountain river filled with water, which was also under the coniferous forest growing here earlier.
4. Since this place is called "drowned forest».
5. The same lonely duck floating in the distance.
6. Because of the very cold water in the lake tree trunks, fallen into the trap of over a hundred years ago, perfectly preserved.
7. One of the trunks somehow appeared on the shore.
8. The depth of the lake in some places is about thirty meters, and length - about four meters.
9. Seeing me, I prefer duck to sail away.
10. Having decided not to disturb her, I went to the other side.
11. Reflections of pine trees.
12. The color of the turquoise water, very rich and changing weather.
13. Drowned Forest.
14. Let's look at it closer.
15. Apart from the river into the lake two small creek, which form miniature waterfalls near the shore.
16. The name "Kaindy" is translated from Kazakh as "birch».
17. The explanation is simple - two kilometers away is the birch grove, it is not clear as there were among the Tien Shan forests.
18. In the 1980s, as a result of the passage of debris flood area of the lake has decreased.
19. On the same level of water in it can be judged by the color of the white trunks.
20. Toothpicks for a fabulous giant.
21. Boulder, mossy.
22. Returning to a parking lot, I thought it was a second chance in life can not be presented.
23. He took off his shoes, undressed and went into the icy water. Moving away ten meters, he breathed deeply and plunged headlong ...
24. At the time, over the surface of the water echoed the cry, which has a duck could not compete. Frightened, she decided it was off ...
25. However, making a circle above the lake, soon came back.
26. Making sure that there is no danger, continued to float as if nothing had happened. I received a charge of vivacity for the week ahead, and went to wash the feet of the healing black mud. After shestigradusnoy lake water hot shower next to the machine has been very helpful. At the same time, and my wife was awakened by their cries! :)
27. breakfast, walked alone along the shore. Once again I admired the waterfall.
28. In the meantime, the weather began to deteriorate. The tops of the surrounding mountains disappeared under the clouds.
29. Note How to change the color of the lake, along with the weather.
30. Locals call the trunks of trees surviving "Guardians».
31. Some of them are right and others are already lopsided from old age.
32. Stand in front of the gorge itself, as if peering is not going to anybody to go through it. I wonder who and by whom they are guarding?
33. It seems that we will never know.
34. By bringing the camp decide to go upstairs to enjoy the view from a bird's flight.
35. Due to the very cold and clean water conifer trees is well preserved and can be seen at a depth.
36. This place is also very popular among divers. I would not mind myself, "walk" through the underwater forest of drowned more than a hundred years ago.
37. In the meantime, the weather has finally deteriorated.
38. The color of the water changed once again, becoming much darker.
39. The tops, which we looked at just a few minutes ago, disappeared behind the thick veil.
40. What is, perhaps, it was the most amazing place for our whole trip to Kazakhstan. Saying goodbye to the lake, we hit the road. Hopefully, sometime in life we happen to see him again!
Source: frantsouzov.livejournal.com