Crazy lake in Austria!!

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THIS IS WHACK!! :eyebrow: but great! It is a meadow that apparently floods and everything is still living and great vis. There are even fish and all the flowers are alive. I wonder how this can be.... anyways, enjoy.

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That is too cool! Incredibly clear water, I guess from basically being fresh snowmelt. Looks like the diver was wearing a drysuit - I imagine that's also because the water is fresh snowmelt.

Given all the fish, I presume the lake is always there, it just rises a lot in summer? Sounds like another destination to add to my dive wish list...
 
Any dive ops in the area?
 
Hi,

there is a small stream running all year, so that's where the fish hide. The flowers are there depending on when the lake starts to rise - the later in the year the more plants have already started to grow when it floods. The water is from the snow melting, it is not rundown but there is a small source at the bottom of the lake (you know where when the water temperature drops even further :) ), this is also the reason for the visibility, becasue the water is filtered. There are no dive shops anywhere near, but the restaurant at the lake can fill tanks.

Rgds
Juergen
 
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