At first glance it doesn’t even look like an aquatic space as there appear to be dozens of different colored polka dots.
The circular spots that characterize it – experts limit it – are due to the evaporation of the liquid which, when volatilized, favors the crystallization of minerals on the surface, thus creating small indentations.
The color palette varies depending on the composition of the water and can offer the same shades of yellow and green as silver and light blue, among others.
More specifically, this happens in summer when the water evaporates and the lake floor becomes visible with a series of scattered pools separated by whitish rims.
There are up to 16 different minerals such as calcium, titanium and silver, plus sodium sulphates and magnesium salts which crystallize with high alkalinity creating the colorful round spots.
During the First World War, a ton of raw materials for the manufacture of ammunition was mined here every day.
Currently, the lake is owned by the region’s indigenous people, who consider it a sacred site as its mud has been used for therapeutic purposes.
Some legends say that such was the devotion to the Kliluk and belief in its healing properties that during a battle between rival tribes a truce was struck allowing both sides to treat and heal their wounded there.
With its 15 hectares, it is considered the most mineralized lake on earth and up to 365 pools can be counted in it.
In summer it can dry up almost completely, but everything changes in winter when a blanket of snow covers it completely.
Throughout history, it has been given various epithets including speckled, spotted, spotted, and multicolored lake.
(taken from orb)