Gyilkos-tó (Killer Lake) - Remains of the forest, which grew here until 1837, conserved by the water

Richard Ryer, on March 13, 2007, said:

This is so cool. I'd hate to fall into that soup! Who knows what's growing in there!!

Cheers

Rich

Andune, on March 13, 2007, said:

The watcher at the Doors of Moria? ;o)

NAGY Albert, on March 13, 2007, said:

No, Moria is somewhere else. :-) It is under construction between Erstfeld and Bodio. :-)

Richard: It is quite clean. The colour is caused by solute minerals.

Luis Rodrigues, on March 19, 2007, said:

Excelent werk.

Emel ÇIRAK, on March 20, 2007, said:

Is the tree in lake? dead but live on place. wanderfull...

NAGY Albert, on March 20, 2007, said:

Thanks! There are thousands of tree trunks in the Killer Lake. The lake arose after a landslide in 1837 (caused by an earthquake and/or the rainy weather), that closed the flow of the creek. The valley and the forest got flooded, and the water conserved the trunks until now.

faisasy, on March 20, 2007, said:

Great composition!

energescu, on May 2, 2007, said:

Impressive!!!Congratulations!!!!!!!

NAGY Albert, on May 2, 2007, said:

Thank you! :-)

csanadvary, on June 6, 2007, said:

Hali, a változatosság kedvéért magyarul is: A békás szorosról nem tudnál képet csinálni?? Meg a Gyilkos hegyról ami eltorlaszolja a tavat. Télleg csodálatos egy kép grat érette!!!!

NAGY Albert, on June 6, 2007, said:

Köszönöm szépen! :-) A Békás-szorosról van pár képem, de nem túl jók, és egyik sem tud olyat mutatni, amit más még nem mutatott meg. A hegyről meg sajnos egyáltalán nincs képem, az a nézet valahogy kimaradt. Jó lenne, ha idén vissza tudnék oda menni. Most viszont légvonalban is 1300 km-re vagyok.

sinval, on July 7, 2007, said:

what´s up buddies from internet; this is sinval from brasil; what a beautiful lake ;it´s so green; so interesting;it could be the world´s eighth wonderful; l guess; see you later guys.

NAGY Albert, on July 10, 2007, said:

sinval: Thank you! The lake is really wonderful, and it is great, that it is completely natural. Thank you for nominating it for the world´s eight wonder! :-)

Mircea Moldovan, on August 30, 2007, said:

asa da. mai zic si io.Felicitari.

NAGY Albert, on September 19, 2007, said:

Thank you, Ana!

Wallace Rivera, on September 22, 2007, said:

Interesting photo, I love the color green. Beautiful. Wallace :)

NAGY Albert, on September 26, 2007, said:

Thank you, Wallace! I like green too, but probably I like green grass more, than green water. :-D

Wallace Rivera, on September 26, 2007, said:

Green looks good in the water but I'll not drink it.

Greeting Wallace :)

NAGY Albert, on September 26, 2007, said:

Yes, you are right! :-) As I won´t eat the grass. :-)

K.Csaba, on October 13, 2007, said:

Gratulalok ehez az erdekes kepedhez,nagyon jol sikerult.Tolem egy sarga csilagod van.Udvozolek Szatmarnemeti-bol.

Lucrecia Diaz, on October 16, 2007, said:

Excelente imágen...bellos colores!

Pannera, on November 23, 2007, said:

Excellent picture - I like the rest of your pictures too!

Jimbirdy, on November 23, 2007, said:

nice view point, love it!

marekv, on January 20, 2008, said:

Killer Lake!?! Definitely not the place I want to go for a swim! Regards, marekv

NAGY Albert, on January 24, 2008, said:

:-D Yes, it is definitely safer to boat there.

Neim Sejfuli ♦, on January 28, 2008, said:

Nice shot NAGY

Greetings!

NAGY Albert, on January 29, 2008, said:

Thank you, Neim!

Rafal Ociepka, on March 12, 2008, said:

Well done, Albert, good shot!

Kind regards

Grelana}, on April 5, 2008, said:

Lovley shot!

lakegeneva, on April 13, 2008, said:

interessant

Radu Serban, on April 17, 2008, said:

faina poza ;)

jymsn123, on May 9, 2008, said:

Impressive

Cheers from Hong Kong, Jeff

www.redbubble.tk, on May 21, 2008, said:

▓▒░beautiful░▒▓█

atliance, on May 23, 2008, said:

Lacu Roshu(Red lake),created by a landslide, the stumps are since the second half of 19 century..why calling it "killer"?

gavrilita ofelia, on June 18, said:

super frumos macar cu natura ne mai putem lauda ca restul e vai de noi

ioana_karamel, on August 28, said:

infiorator lac...nu?e super poza:P

stefanolivia, on September 5, said:

meravigliosa. cio stefano

serkes, on September 10, said:

nice shot.

........ My (new) CoNtEsT ........

Greetings from Turkiye...

serkan.

H JAFARI, on September 11, said:

nice view point, !

NAGY Albert, on September 11, said:

Rafal Ociepka, Grelana}, lakegeneva, Radu Serban, jymsn123, http://nuhsarche.redbubble.com*, atliance, gavrilita ofelia, ketanfol, ioana_karamel, stefanolivia, serkes, H JAFARI and many others: Thank you very much for your kind comments!

atliance: You asked, "why calling it killer". Gyilkos-tó - Killer Lake - is the usual Hungarian name of the lake. Although there are tales and legends suggesting otherwise, it was named after the mountain located on the lake's eastern side. The mountain's name is Gyilkos (In Hungarian: killer, murderer, also lethal, fatal, killing etc.), its Romanian name is the same, just written according to Romanian phonetics: Ghilcos.

In the 19th century, the name Gyilkos-tó appeared as Gyilkos tava in the first place, which can mean either Lake Gyilkos or "The Lake of the (Mount) Gyilkos". Probably, this second meaning is the key to the name's origin.

shamkovel.com, on September 12, said:

Expressive, deep green colours. How so it turns out?

NAGY Albert, on September 12, said:

shamkovel.com: Thank you! As far as I know, the colour of the lake is a result of solute minerals, but I am not sure.

shamkovel.com, on September 15, said:

Interestingly. I too have a photo of lake with turquoise water.

Alex-29, on October 4, said:

felicitari

NAGY Albert, on October 5, said:

Alex-29: Thank you!

EugeneTr, on October 10, said:

Замечательно!

NAGY Albert, on October 10, said:

EugeneTr: Спасибо!

nikos mavris, on October 14, said:

Really beautiful picture! A Golden star one!

NAGY Albert, on October 16, said:

nikos mavris: Thank you very much!

轩隐渐旭' Tsain, on October 25, said:

Impressive! beautiful! Splendid! Very good shot! Comments from China.

NAGY Albert, on October 27, said:

轩隐渐旭' Tsain: Thank you!

Prufrock, on October 27, said:

Nice picture, Albert. (Small point: the best word to use in English is not "rests" but "remains") Congrats on pic. P

NAGY Albert, on October 27, said:

Prufrock: Thank you very much! The "small point" was an important one! :-) Thanks!