Medicine Lake Patterns
by Teresa Zieba
Title
Medicine Lake Patterns
Artist
Teresa Zieba
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This is almost dried out Medicine Lake. Only small paddles of water remain and it looks like a beautiful, natural abstract with blue water and golden sand patterns.
Medicine Lake is located within Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
It is a geologic anomaly in the sense that it is not actually a lake but rather an area in which the Maligne River (flowing from Maligne Lake into the Athabasca River) backs up and suddenly disappears underground. During the summer months during intensified meltwater runoff the lake (which during the winter months is a meandering frozen river) fills to levels which fluctuate over time and with the runoff events. Much like a bathtub that is filled too fast for it to drain, it becomes laden with water (lake) until it can slowly drain as the tap flow (runoff) is reduced (river). The underground system is extensive and during the 1970s researchers used a biodegradable dye to determine the underground river's extent. The dye showed up in many of the lakes and rivers in the area to the point where it became clear that the underground system was one of the most extensive in the world.
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March 6th, 2015
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