A log which floats 100 years: the mystery of crater lake

Hundred years, the mysterious tree trunk floating vertically in crater lake in the state Oregon and crazy all. The beam length of 9 m has become so famous that it is called the Grandfather of the lake.

August 29, 2005.

For the first time on the trunk of the tree Hemlock was reported in 1902, when crater lake became a national Park. Geologist Joseph Diller recalled that he had seen the log for 6 years before that.

Crushed and sun-bleached, Grandfather in width up to 60 cm, rises 1.2 meters above the lake's surface.

Crater lake is the ninth deepest lake in the world, the maximum depth is 594 meters. It's so deep that it would fit the Ostankino TV tower.

Bestory stump, whose age scientists estimate of 450 years, is constantly moving a tree floated thousands of miles since then as it was first seen.

Naturalist John Doerr spent three months watching the movements of the logs in 1938, noting that "Grandpa travels a lot, and sometimes surprisingly fast." From 1 July to 30 September Grandfather has overcome 100 kilometers, and in one particularly windy day — 6 kilometers.

Tourists come to Oregon specifically to see the unique phenomenon. "Grandpa — the character and history of the Park, says biologist Scott Gardner. — It has something soothing. He's caught in the wind, but not pumping waves".

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