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Thursday, June 12, 2014
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Austria Underwater Park
The underwater park created every year when snow melts from surrounding mountains
At first glance, these photographs seem to show a scuba diver exploring the depths of an underwater world.
But if you look more carefully you will see a tree, a bridge and even a park bench.
In fact these incredible images show a diver traversing an Austrian lake that floods every year, covering everything in the surrounding area.
The 39-year-old said: 'When I was underwater, it felt like I was swimming in a magical world, it was so beautiful. Swimming over the green grass, flowers, paths, rocks and trees was like being in a fairy tale.
'We were lucky that the sun created fantastic light rays through the water. My wife and I stayed there for seven days and we did three dives every day, spending one hour on each dive.'
Mr Henauer, who works in central purchasing in Geneva, was thrilled with the set of photos.
He added: 'All pictures were taken in natural light without a flash. I am very delighted with the result because we had a lot of problems with the heavy rain, thunderstorms and wind.
'We only had a very short time to take images when the sun was in a perfect position. Diving is possible only for a month in the spring. Throughout the year the depth of the lake is too low. The visibility is just incredible. Usually you only see water like that this in tropical seas.'
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2414013/Green-Lake-Tragoess-Austria-The-park-disappears-water-year.html
- Diver Marc Henauer took fantastic pictures of Green Lake in Tragoess, Austria
- Lagoon doubles in size from 2,000 to 4,000sq metres every year when snow from Karst mountains melts
- Benches, bridges and trees that surround the lake are submerged
- The lake is normally only one metre deep, but increases to 12 metres after the thaw
At first glance, these photographs seem to show a scuba diver exploring the depths of an underwater world.
But if you look more carefully you will see a tree, a bridge and even a park bench.
In fact these incredible images show a diver traversing an Austrian lake that floods every year, covering everything in the surrounding area.
The 39-year-old said: 'When I was underwater, it felt like I was swimming in a magical world, it was so beautiful. Swimming over the green grass, flowers, paths, rocks and trees was like being in a fairy tale.
'We were lucky that the sun created fantastic light rays through the water. My wife and I stayed there for seven days and we did three dives every day, spending one hour on each dive.'
Mr Henauer, who works in central purchasing in Geneva, was thrilled with the set of photos.
He added: 'All pictures were taken in natural light without a flash. I am very delighted with the result because we had a lot of problems with the heavy rain, thunderstorms and wind.
'We only had a very short time to take images when the sun was in a perfect position. Diving is possible only for a month in the spring. Throughout the year the depth of the lake is too low. The visibility is just incredible. Usually you only see water like that this in tropical seas.'
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2414013/Green-Lake-Tragoess-Austria-The-park-disappears-water-year.html
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