No chemicals. A researcher stated the lake flipped due to an huge rock slide.
The lake was 300m+ deep, an old volcano (some thought it was an eruption but it was not)
The water was a deep blue then after the slide/fog it turned orange/bright orange. Upon arriving the water was tested at different depths and when the water container came fron the bottom
Co2 was trapped in the container. Water temps were normal which would indicate no eruption. As it neared the surface the Co2 expanded and popped open the container releasing mass amounts of the gas that was odorless. Stated that the buildup of muck on the bottom was so much that the shear weight of the rockslide pushing/rolling down in the water had the effect of a blender. Similar to taking an oversized aerator and dropping it to the deepest part of a very old lake that never had been aerated. No mention was made as to weither there was a fish kill. The slide happened after dark and the lake is at a higher elevation than
the surrounding villages. The Co2 fog cloud being heavier than air sank down the valley displacing
oxygen and suffercating all of the people in the valley that night along with animals.
Last edited by rcn11thacr; 05/25/10 07:41 AM.
