What could have made a deep lake in Russia disappear overnight?

Question

A town in Russia gets a morning surprise when they discover that their lake has disappeared, leaving only a deep, muddy hole.

http://macrocosm-magbook.blogspot.com/2007/07/deep-lake-in-russia-vanishes-overnight.html

Answer 1

it drained thru a new hole?

Answer 2

Here is an interesting theory:

In the far North, short summers thaw only the top layer of the frozen ground. Beneath this shallow layer, the soil is permanently frozen—permafrost. The permafrost is like the cement bottom of a swimming pool. Water saturates the soil above the permafrost and collects on the surface of the tundra in tens of thousands of lakes. However, temperatures are climbing in the Arctic, and the bottom of the pool appears to be cracking. Using satellite imagery, scientists have documented that in the past two decades, a significant number of lakes have shrunk or disappeared altogether as the permafrost thaws and lake water drains deeper into the ground.

Many lakes disappear for many reasons / under ground caves/earthquakes/ & cracks in the lake beds.

Answer 3

Just as was mentioned in the article, the lake drained off into a cave below the lake. This lake is in an area known for its karst topography. Like the Mayan cenotes, these lakes are connected underground to other water bodies and some become 'perched' above the caves until water erodes its way down into the lower cavities.

Answer 4

Of more environmental concern is the Aral sea, that has dwindled to a fraction of its former size, so that towns which were former fishing villages are now kilometres from the lake shore, and there are large areas of flat, boggy ground which were formerly lake bed. In this case, the cause was man-made, through diverting the flow of rivers away from the lake for agricultural irrigation purposes.

Answer 5

Oh god particular ! no longer basically might the sea provide up shifting, which could be strange & wreck the lives of hundreds of thousands of sea creatures. I additionally think of the shortcoming of tides would desire to impression the climate, very badly. Worst of all, previously the Earth had a moon, an afternoon became into basically six hours long however the gravitational pull of the moon slows us down. If the Earth accelerated returned, its gravity might enhance & we would all be overwhelmed. We owe the moon plenty. enable us to all pass out this night & howl ! EDIT: basically realised, they by no skill reported any of this in 'area 1999' !

Answer 6

Interesting story. By the way, Bolotnikova does not translate to mean "boggy" instead the word "bolota" means "puddle"
Since this has happened in 2005 it would be interesting to know if the mystery has been solved and where do we find the answer?

Answer 7

Perhaps, like the rest of us, it wanted to escape listening to Sarah Brightman during the Earth Day concerts.

Answer 8

Zorak says, "Methinks Rosie O'Donnell must have jumped in it and displaced all the water!! Bwaa Haa Haaa!!!"

Answer 9

Over heat, I not sure.