In the middle of New Zealand, which is famous as one of the most beautiful countries in the world, is a lake that will absolutely blow your mind. It’s known as Blue Lake. The body of water is also recognized as Rotomairewhenua, and it holds the title of the world’s clearest lake.
This is a small freshwater lake in Nelson Lakes National Park, New Zealand. Researchers at NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research) have found that the lake has extreme visual clarity, almost up to 75 to 80 meters. The clarity of the lake has passed Te Waikoropupu Springs in Golden Bay, which has a visibility of 60 to 65 meters.
Blue Lake is considered “optically “clear” as distilled water. The gorgeous Blue Lake is characterized by blue-violet hues seen only in the very clearest natural waters. The blue lake is spring-fed from the neighboring glacial Lake Constance, but the water passes through landslide debris that forms a dam between the two lakes. The natural dam filters out nearly all the particles suspended in the water, giving the lake the most intense natural blue-violet color.
This lake is also recognized as optically outstanding, having observed on tramping trips that this water body appeared broadly similar to Te Waikoropupu. Several specialists believe the visibility of Blue Lake has exceeded that of Te Waikoropupu. Mark Gall, the NIWA scientist in ocean optics instrumentation, paid many visits by helicopter and established that the horizontal visibility in the lake typically ranges from 70 to 80 meters, as estimated from the best available instrumental measurements in the laboratory.
This lake is a close approach to optically pure water. On some rare occasions, after torrential rain, It can become temporarily murky when particles washed in by surface runoff have been dispersed in the water.
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on New Zealand’s South Island on New Zealand’s South Island on New Zealand’s South Island
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