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Lake suddenly disappears in Chile
« on: June 21, 2007, 03:36:20 PM »
Hum,

"Scientists in Chile are investigating the sudden disappearance of a glacial lake in the south of the country.
When park rangers patrolled the area in the Magallanes region in March, the two-hectare (five-acre) lake was its normal size, officials say.
But last month they found a huge dry crater and several stranded chunks of ice that used to float on the water."

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If it were in Glasgow i could understand...

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Re: Lake suddenly disappears in Chile
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2007, 06:15:52 PM »

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Latitude:  -49.03302 °  , Longitude:  -73.97728 °

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Re: Lake suddenly disappears in Chile
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2007, 02:06:48 AM »
Hum,
it seems that the correct position is further north of the  image i posted, and at the end of this  glacier in this image

Lake Tempanous (?)

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Longitude: -48.844047°  Longitude: -74.141446°

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Re: Lake suddenly disappears in Chile
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2007, 01:43:31 AM »
Hum,
i have managed to finally find it...

Latitude: -48.684390°, Longitude: -73.948605°

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Re: Lake suddenly disappears in Chile
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2007, 03:10:00 PM »
Aye crumba!