Tuesday, 25 November 2014

The surreal park left 40ft underwater when the snow melts… with fish swimming among the trees and eerie abandoned park benches


The Green Lake in the village of Tragöß in Styria is only around a metre deep in the summer - but that all changes in the spring
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tPic shows: The Green Lake in the village of Tragöß in Styria.\n\nSpectacular images that show how a summer park becomes a lake each spring complete with underwater trees have been captured by two divers.\n\nThe snaps were taken at the Gruener See, or Green Lake as it is called in English, located in the southern Austrian province of Styria.\n\nDuring the summer and late winter the lake, located near the town of Tragoss at the foot of the snow-capped Hochschwab mountains, is only around a metre deep and the surrounding area is part of the country park. It is a favourite location for hikers and campers, but all of it vanishes underwater in the spring when the winter snow starts to melt, sending waters flooding down from the nearby mountain range.\n\nTrees have adapted to being underwater for upwards of a month every year at a time, with the water typically around 12-metres-deep through most of the spring.\n\nAnd as these spectacular images show it creates an eerie landscape which in the
Pic shows: Freshwater trout in the Mitterweissenbach.\n\nSpectacular images that show how a summer park becomes a lake each spring complete with underwater trees have been captured by two divers.\n\nThe snaps were taken at the Gruener See, or Green Lake as it is called in English, located in the southern Austrian province of Styria.\n\nDuring the summer and late winter the lake, located near the town of Tragoss at the foot of the snow-capped Hochschwab mountains, is only around a metre deep and the surrounding area is part of the country park. It is a favourite location for hikers and campers, but all of it vanishes underwater in the spring when the winter snow starts to melt, sending waters flooding down from the nearby mountain range.\n\nTrees have adapted to being underwater for upwards of a month every year at a time, with the water typically around 12-metres-deep through most of the spring.\n\nAnd as these spectacular images show it creates an eerie landscape which in the crystal
The images show how a summer park becomes a lake each spring complete with underwater trees
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