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The Amazing Underwater Forest of Lake Kaindy

What makes Lake Kaindy truly remarkable is that it contains an underwater forest. Visible on the lakes surface are the tall, dried-out tops of submerged Spruce trees that rise above the water’s surface like the masts of sunken ships. They are the only sign of the amazing frozen forest below the water’s surface.

The water is so cold (even in summer the temperature does not exceed 6 degrees) that the pine needles remain on the trees, even after a hundred years of being submerged. During the winter, the lake freezes and becomes a popular spot for ice diving.

The lake is 400 meters long and is located in Kazakhstan’s portion of the Tian Shan Mountains, about 129 km from the city of Almaty. The lake was created after an earthquake in 1911 triggered a large landslide blocking the gorge and forming a natural dam.

Even more on Kaindy Lake… 

Holy crap.

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Violetville villas
Violetville, Maryland (may be Baltimore City or Baltimore County)
June 13, 1905
John Dubas (fl. 1904-1973)
4x5 inch glass negative
Arthur U. Hooper Memorial Collection
Baltimore City Life Museum Collection
Maryland Historical Society
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Violetville, a neighborhood in southwest Baltimore and Baltimore County, rests on what used to be land owned by Charles Carroll of Carrollton (a signer of the Declaration of Independence). In the 1870s, part of the land was sold to Adam W. Joh, a German farmer, St. Agnes Hospital, and Maryland’s Industrial School by Carroll’s granddaughter, Louisa Caton, AKA the Duchess of Leeds. The city annexed Violetville around 1918-1919.* Violetville was named Best Neighborhood by Baltimore City Paper in 2005. Take a look at the Violetville Community Association page for more information. 

The area of Violetville via Google Maps: 

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*Schidlovsky, J. (1979, Aug. 20). Violetville Prepares Defense of Tranquility. The Baltimore Sun. 
Stump, W. (1953, Jan. 11). Man in the Street: Louis Joh. The Baltimore Sun. 

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