Views of lake Bosomtsche. There are 24 small villages scattered along its coast Vues du lac Bosomtschvé. Sur les bords sont parsemés 24 petits villages
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Description
Annotation translation: "The lake has about the same size as the lake of Zong, is surrounded by hills but has no outflow. Further its level is rising a few millimeters each year and one sees trees which once grew on the shore sticking out of the water (see the tree on the photo). About every two years the center of the lake starts to boil, spreading out a smell of sulphur, the cause of which are volcanic activities. Therefore here must be an underground outflow of water." Annotation: "Le lac, grand à peu près comme le lac de Zong, est entouré de collines, mais n'as pas d' écoulement - aussi son niveau monte-t-il chaque année de ... [unleserlich] millimètres, et l'on voit dans ses eaux des arbres secs se dresser, qui autrefois croissaient sur ses bords (voir celui-ci au dessus). Si le lac n'a pas d'écoulement, il se produit par contre à peu près tous les deux ans, au centre, des ébulitions, repandant une odeur de souffre, qui assurément proviennent d'une cause volcanique - de là aussi une fuite d'eau souterraine."
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image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, platinotype 13.9 x 8.1 cm.
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