SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A lake in southern Chile has mysteriously disappeared, prompting speculation the ground has simply opened up and swallowed it whole.
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The lake was situated in the Magallanes region in Patagonia and was fed by water, mostly from melting glaciers.
It had a surface area of between 4 and 5 hectares (10-12 acres) -- about the size of 10 soccer pitches.
"In March we patrolled the area and everything was normal ... we went again in May and to our surprise we found the lake had completely disappeared," said Juan Jose Romero, regional director of Chile's National Forestry Corporation CONAF.
"The only things left were chunks of ice on the dry lake-bed and an enormous fissure," he told Reuters.
CONAF is investigating the disappearance.
One theory is that the area was hit by an earth tremor that opened a crack in the ground which acted like a drain.
Southern Chile has been shaken by thousands of minor earth tremors this year.
2007-06-21 08:47:46 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
I live in chile, i am chilean.
the ufos drink this lake
2007-06-22 14:12:09 · answer #1 · answered by Marcelo a 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like what happened near where I live, only on a larger scale. A lake just dried up over the course of a week or so, they found out that a hole had been made in the bottom, due to the earth underneath. they are right, the earth sometimes gives way, and can suck lakes under the surface.
2007-06-21 15:57:05 · answer #2 · answered by rockstar44 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have to agree with the experts on this one; tremors from small quakes caused fissures (cracks) to open under the lake bed and the water drained into them. These cracks are very visible in the associated pictures from the scene.
2007-06-21 16:32:35 · answer #3 · answered by southernyachtsman4u 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that Golobal Warming is getting worse so it probably sucked it up. Or there was a crack under it and its leading to some where else.
2007-06-23 16:28:36 · answer #4 · answered by Nimali F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's also a missing lake in Russia.
2007-06-21 19:05:39 · answer #5 · answered by dark bubble 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suspect they are right. Probably got drained into a series of large fissures.
2007-06-21 15:51:27 · answer #6 · answered by Michael C 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Micheal C.
2007-06-21 15:56:16 · answer #7 · answered by curious connie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A thirsty alien came and drank it.
2007-06-21 16:01:46 · answer #8 · answered by Brian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
idk... but it is really interesting phenomenon. I guess i would agree with the experts.. the only thing-- why didn't drain earlier?
2007-06-21 15:56:55 · answer #9 · answered by Mrsashko 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
interesting....my guess is with wat the first guy sed.
2007-06-21 16:07:55 · answer #10 · answered by Dec 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋