Abraham lake is a Paradise for photographers in winter

Photographers, depicting nature, ready to go anywhere in the world to make a rare shot. And canadian lake Abraham — one of their favorite destinations.

To be more precise, Abraham is an artificial reservoir that was created in 1972 during the construction of the dam the North Saskatchewan. What are so attracted to it Amateurs? Each winter the ice cover of the reservoir is covered with incredible, amazing patterns. They form bubbles of methane frozen in water.

The reason for this natural phenomenon is simple: the plants on the bottom of the lake throughout the winter to produce methane. It rises from the bottom in the form of bubbles and bumps on the ice surface. There are air bubbles accumulate, and then, as the fall of temperature and growth thickness of the ice, freezes into him. The ice layer captures all the new bubbles, thus forming a kind of posts frozen in the ice under each other bubbles.

A similar phenomenon can be observed in Siberia in the permafrost. However, the Siberian ice covered with a layer of snow that allows you to enjoy the beauty of the ice pattern. On the lake Abraham (due to its special location), rainfall is much less. That allows you to see the natural phenomenon and to capture it on camera.

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