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How Drilling a 14 in. Hole Created a 1.3K ft Deep Saltwater Lake Out of a 10 ft Deep Freshwater One (2020x54)
Date de diffusion: Mar 12, 2020
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Lake Peigneur is located in Louisiana near the Gulf of Mexico. Before 1980, it was an approximately 10-foot deep fresh water lake with an island in the middle. Next to it, and partially under it, Diamond Crystal Salt Company maintained a salt mine, with salt being mined near the lake since 1919.
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Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzk36vf16Ug
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Peigneur
http://www.damninteresting.com/lake-peigneur-the-swirling-vortex-of-doom/
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geophysics/disappearing-lake1.htm
http://www.losapos.com/lakepeigneur
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lake-peigneur
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