He finally saw her, a big black shadow moving slowly near the lake's bottom.
One of the largest flooded cavities in the world (the lake at the bottom is estimated to be 70m deep), this cavernous subterranean space was only discovered by locals in 1924.
Pipes have now been put in place in Lake Nyos and nearby Lake Monoun to siphon water from the lower layers up to the surface and allow the CO2 at the bottom of the lake to slowly bubble out, preventing a repeat of 1986 tragedy.
Using a joystick, a geographer can float above the Earth, then zoom in on the bottom of Lake Tahoe, with no loss of detail.
Normally, the bottom of a lake is muddy, but a hurricane-induced surge will bring sand into the pond.
Mr. McPheeters's weekend ended early, when he busted a piston on Saturday, sending his snowmobile to the bottom of the lake.
However, a group of six divers inspected the bottom of the lake on Saturday and discovered no fragments amid the sludge.
"When he did call he said I should know one thing: I'd have to bring it up from the bottom of a lake, " he says.
The team also hopes to take samples of mud from the bottom of the lake, to better understand the geological history of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and Earth's past climate.
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When the daughter is found at the bottom of a nearby lake, Claire knows that she'll have to find the murderer or the dreams will never stop.
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Each spring, the toothless, bottom-feeding giants make their way from Lake Winnebago in eastern Wisconsin up the Fox and Wolf rivers to spawn.
It is thought that recent high rainfall had displaced the CO2-rich water at the bottom, releasing a massive bubble of carbon dioxide gas from the lake in a natural phenomenon now referred to as "lake overturn".
Detailed studies of the surface indicate that these were formed by a lake caused by the flow of underground water that periodically made its way to the bottom of the crater.
Overall, Lake Las Vegas home values have tumbled dramatically from the peak and have barely improved since hitting bottom, according to Zillow Inc.
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