LAKE 3 COLOURS - KALIMUTU

Lake Panorama Three Colors Flores in Ende, Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara, is full of mysteries are beyond our grasps to the present. Change the color of the lake that often occurs in three separate ex-eruption crater Kelimutu became uniqueness unparalleled in the world. As a citizen who lived long enough in the mainland of Flores, I'll explain what I know about Lake Flores based on observation and personal knowledge.
The view in the region is very charming. Thick white fog that moves slowly over the top of Mount Flores (approximately 1640 meters above sea level) is one of the most unique scenery in the vicinity of three-colored lake on the summit of the mountain
In the area of Lake Kelimutu many things that can be found, which if managed optimally would be able to attract tourists, both domestic and foreign.

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Three lakes are located close to each other was also "not named". On the east side, there are two lakes, the water of each green and brown. For green lake, people usually call it by the lake spirits of young people (Tiwu nua ko'o fai muri). Dark brown which is called the lake spirits or wicked soothsayer (Tiwu ata polo). On the west side there is a lake or dark green moss, which is called the lake spirits of parents (Tiwu ata Mbupu).

Change color
A number of the suspect, change the color of the water in the lake caused by volcanic activity Flores, refracting the sunlight, the micro-biota, water, the dissolved chemical substances, as well as due to the reflection color of the walls and bottom of the lake.

A brief explanation that changes color to blue water and white (now green) is made possible by changes in water chemical composition of the crater due to changes in volcanic gases, or can also be caused by rising temperatures.

Meanwhile, the increasing concentration of iron (Fe) in the fluid causes the red color to black (now brown). The moss green color is possible for the biota of a particular type of moss.

Then about a wall of separation between Tiwu nua ko'o fai muri with Tiwu ata polo given a brief explanation that from the point of geology, the walls of the lake was the most labile. With the adjacent position, especially if there was an earthquake with a large scale, did not rule out the two lakes will be fused.

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