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In the winter, for about five months or from January to May, the lake freezes over but the water is so clear that, from the surface, you can see an astounding 130 feet below you. Transparent and shining in a turquoise color, these masses of broken ice look like shards of glass rising into the sky. They are caused by the slow and unequal pressure in the main body of the packed ice as well as by the unequal structure and temperature.wwhhoooooaaaaa!! Amazing!!
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Myths & Legends: Rusalka
In Slavic folklore, there exists a dangerous female fairy-like being that lives in lakes and rivers. Though often confused with mermaids and sometimes are portrayed to look similar to mermaids, they are traditionally not mermaid-like in appearance. They are beautiful and seductive woman with eerie, green-glowing eyes. According to legend, the rusalki are the spirits of drowned or violently murdered young girls. They take delight in drowning men and children by tricking or luring them into the water. Her deadly power rests in her embrace. She also possesses fairy glamour, enchantment and can hypnotize with her song to help in luring her prey into the water. In some legends, the laughter of a rusalka, if heard, can also be fatal. Supposedly, the only way to defeat a rusalka is to let her hair to dry though in some myths, iron objects and salt can also repel them. Another way to stop a rusalka would be to avenge the ghosts’s murderer provided that she didn’t die from suicide.
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