Sarez lake, born by the earthquake
Beautiful Sarez lake was born in 1911 in Pamir Mountains. A landslide dam blocked the river valley after an earthquake and a blue-water lake appeared at more than 3000 m over sea level. However this beauty is dangerous: local seismicity can destroy the unstable dam and the following flood will be catastrophic for thousands Tajik, Afghan, and Uzbek people living near Mugrab, Panj and Amu Darya rivers below the lake.
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3648 px
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2736 px
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4:3
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Canon
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PowerShot S90
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6 mm f/5.6 1/500 s ISO 80
Taken
17 July 2011
Coordinates
38.1911, 72.7692
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Moderate greenish blue
Submitted
3 February 2014
Credit
Alexander Osadchiev (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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