Posted on 07/13/2019 4:16:54 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Residents of a city in Siberia don’t need to fly off to tropical locales for picturesque selfies taken by pristine turquoise waters. Thousands of Novosibirsk residents — ranging from scantily clad women to newlyweds — have been busy instagramming near a bright blue lake nicknamed the “Siberian Maldives.”
The lake is blue, however, due to a chemical reaction between toxic waste elements from a local power station. Environmentalists are warning people against coming into contact with the water.
Siberian Generating Company said Friday it has deployed guards to keep trespassers at bay, but insists the lake presents no environmental danger.
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Getty images is really getting out of control, as is Pinterest and a few others
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A favorite Russian troll vacation spot.
Look up selfie lake
Probably the fumes off the lake got to you.
Just realized that is one of the The Getty family when I was reading about another one that is female who just married a tranny.
Great name for a band ping.
Living in sight of a TVA steam plant.Those ash ponds were more
colors than blue..red green etc.Had signs up not to eat any fish
out them.
Is always 1975 in Russia. I mean in the positive way. Hot girls taking selfies because the water is an interesting color. If that was here, we would have to endure a bunch of assaholic lectures a bunch of environmentalist women.
Nice to see fun still lives.
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