The "Three Color Lake" without myth is not one lake with three colors. It is actually formed by the accumulation of water in three adjacent volcanic craters, which are divided into three parts: left lake, right lake and back lake.
The strange thing is that although these three lakes are closely adjacent, they have different colors.
Right Lake, the color of the lake is like coffee, a cup of coffee that is too strong to melt.
The Zuo Lake next to it is emerald green, greener than emerald.
Houhu is still hidden in the shadow behind the ridge, almost as dark as a pool of ink.
The left and right lakes are generally symmetrical, like a pair of huge glasses.
So some tourists with rich imagination call it "devil's eyes".
The "devil's eyes" of this volcano are also scary enough. The diameter of one eye is more than 200 meters, and it has a strange yin-yang eye and a mandarin duck color.
The two lakes are adjacent to each other, separated only by a thin cliff. The stone wall is as steep as a canine tooth.
If the two lakes on the left and right are the eyes of the devil, this cliff is just like the bridge of the devil's nose.
What's even more strange is that the three colors of the lake are constantly changing.
According to local insiders, starting in 2006, the red lake gradually turned into brown-black, the blue lake turned into light green, and the white lake turned into black!
No one knows what color it will turn into in three or more years.
Why does the water of the "Three Color Lake" have bright colors?
Why do the three adjacent lakes show completely different colors?
What's even more strange is that these "devil's eyes" can change color from time to time.
Some people say that the metals contained in the lake water are different due to the minerals released from time to time by the volcanic crater. Some people say that it is due to the different types of microorganisms and algae growing in the lake water. Some geological scientists believe that it is due to rainwater washing and dissolving the minerals in the magma rocks and then collecting them.
The crater forms lakes of different colors.
That pool of emerald green should be formed after the copper in the rock is oxidized by the air.
That pool of coffee-like brown color may be caused by the oxidation of iron.
But some volcano experts and geologists have questioned: How can three volcanic vents so close to each other have three streams of magma containing completely different minerals gushing out?
And the milky white and dark red colors that once changed... what minerals were they formed from?
The same lake will change into different colors, which is more difficult to explain clearly.
These deep "devil eyes" attract countless tourists to come and explore.
Many scientists have tried to detect and study it, but so far they have not come up with a perfect scientific explanation.
But it is this unexplainable magic that is even more charming.
I hope that geologists will be able to explore more secrets of volcanoes through these profound "devil eyes" in the future.
At the entrance of the "Three Color Lake" scenic spot, there is a panoramic view of the "Three Color Lake" taken from a high altitude.
The entrance of the "Three Color Lake" in the picture looks like a stone hole punched through the hard stone wall by three bullets.
The traces of the stone walls surrounding the cave entrance being pierced and shattered by powerful "musketeer bullets" are still clearly visible (see title picture).
The "devil's eyes" and the three "bullet holes" that the "guns" shoot through the earth's crust and cause magma to spurt out are spectacles for tourists, and windows and passages for geologists to explore the mysteries of the earth's interior.
Indonesia is famous for its many earthquakes and volcanoes. There are more than 500 volcanoes distributed on islands of all sizes, 129 of which are active volcanoes.
For tens of thousands of years, Indonesians have long been accustomed to volcanic eruptions. It can even be said that they are a nation that grew up with volcanic eruptions.
In this land and territorial waters, volcanoes are everywhere, erupting every year. They both love and hate volcanoes, they can't afford to offend them, and they can't avoid them.
The Javanese were probably frightened by the huge power of the Merapi volcano in Java Island every time it erupted, leaving behind a deep fear. Among the gods worshiped by their ancestors to this day, one is the volcano god "Merapi"
, he symbolizes majesty and strength, and has the most noble status among the gods, showing their reverence for the volcano gods, worshiping and making sacrifices.
Mount Morapi is still the most active volcano in Indonesia.
The volcano is a cruel devil, bringing them earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic ash, mudslides... The volcano is also a generous goddess, giving them beautiful islands and reefs.
The strong earthquake and the fiery red magma seemed to be just the labor pains of the goddess before giving birth.
Such a unique scenery as the "Three Color Lake" is not the "only beauty" given to them by the goddess!
Across the islands of Indonesia, there are extinct and active volcanoes everywhere, and there are countless scenic spots of various colors formed by volcanic eruptions.
"Three-Colored Lake" is just one of the best, "the charming girl who has become a woman in her eighteenth year".
Volcanoes are also the best cultural relic protectors.
There is a world-famous "Borobudur" near the city of Yogyakarta in central Java. It is a world wonder that was buried intact by volcanic ash and remained intact.
"Borobudur" is also known as the "Pyramid of Indonesia". It is estimated to have been built in the 8th century. It has been completed for more than a thousand years. The project is vast and magnificent, comparable to the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids of Egypt and the Angkor monuments in Cambodia. Together, it is known as
It is one of the "Four Wonders of the Ancient East".
The Javanese converted to Hinduism more than a thousand years ago, and most of them now believe in Islam.
Legend has it that a long time ago, a local king heard a white-bearded monk say that earthquakes were caused by volcanic eruptions, and volcanic eruptions were caused by "fire dragons" living deep underground.