There can never be more refreshing than clear and cool waters. Our Earth is filled with almost seventy percent water, occurring in natural settings surrounding us wherever we live.
And there is this place where the world’s clearest natural water source can be seen – the Blue Lake in Nelson, New Zealand.
Blue Lake is a small fresh water lake in Nelson Lakes National Park.
It has been proven to be the clearest natural body of fresh water known to man in a research carried out by New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) in 2011.
The lake’s extreme visual clarity reaches of up to 80 meters surpassing that of the renowned Te Waikoropupu Springs in Golden Bay which has a visibility of 63 meters.
With that, the lake’s water is considered almost as “optically clear” as distilled water.
The lake is located in a strict conservation area. Regarded by the local Māori tribe as tapu or sacred, diving into the lake is prohibited.
But early in 2013, Danish photo-journalist Klaus Thymann got the privilege to take the first dive.
He was granted special permission by the local Maori tribe, Ngati Apa and New Zealand’s Department of Conservation to capture the underwater beauty of the amazing lake.
Blue Lake is located 1,200 meters above seal level and is fed by waters from nearby Lake Constance.
From the top lake, water is filtered through glacial debris which creates the crystal clear water in the lake below.
Though at times, the lake becomes a bit cloudy due to heavy rain causing debris to fall into the river.
But since almost every 24 hours the entire lake is replaced, its amazing clarity is soon restored.
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