The Most Unexplainable Places on Earth

The Blue Pond of Hokkaido

Hokkaido, Japan is a beautiful place with many sites to see. A particularly popular natural wonder is the Blue Pond. It's a man-made lake that was originally intended to be a reservoir. Researchers believe that the blueness of the lake is due to the aluminum hydroxide particles that are in the water which reflect light. 

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