/ God's palette /

If nature is the most beautiful picture, then God must be a top painter. In addition to excellent painting skills, a set of professional painting tools is also necessary. Now, at last, we can see some of God's painting tools. It is the pebble Road of the gods, the drawing board of God, and the Yayoi Kusama of nature, located in Spotted Lake northwest of Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada. Every summer, the lake will appear a circle, like a painter's palette. Learn more about the strange Spotted Lake today!

At first sight of the spotted Lake, many people will think that this is a man-made landscape, or a group of puddles formed by the crater. But this dancing speck in the mountains is actually a natural formation. Spotted Lake is a natural salt lake, is a rare natural wonder. The water is rich in a variety of minerals, including magnesium sulfate, calcium, sodium sulfate, and eight other minerals, as well as small amounts of silver and titanium. Trace elements in the lake are several times higher than in other lakes. It is the highest known area of magnesium sulfate, calcium, sodium sulfate, plus eight other silver-containing and titanium-containing minerals in water bodies on Earth.

The rich mineral content of the lake also adds a lot of medicinal value, and the local indigenous people have used this medicated lake water and mud for generations to relieve pain and treat diseases!


/ Spot formation /

Osoyoos in the Okanagan region is the only small desert in Canada, where the magical Spotted Lake is located, and the colorful spots in the spotted lake are naturally the key to attracting people.

After investigation, it was found that the formation principle of spots is actually very simple in principle, that is, the evaporation of lake water. Every summer, the high temperature evaporates a large amount of lake water, and the minerals at the bottom of the lake gradually leak out, forming many white borders and shallow pools. The Osoyoos region of Canada is one of the hottest places in Canada, with temperatures reaching more than 38 degrees Celsius in summer. In such hot summer temperatures, the water of Spotted Lake will evaporate, gradually exposing the bottom of the lake. Minerals in the lake also began to crystallize, forming the white boundary around the spot. Making the bottom of the lake look like paint on a white drawing board.

The color of the lake is also very amazing, the mineral-rich water appears dark blue, green and other strange colors, and you may see different colors every time you visit, at different times. The lake is rich in high concentrations of minerals such as magnesium sulfate, calcium, sodium sulfate, and silver and titanium dioxide.

That's because the mineral content of the shallow pools is different, and these spots will also show a variety of strange colors such as dark blue, bright green and yellow. With the changes of trace elements in the lake throughout the four seasons, the lake will also show a variety of fantastic colors. That said, you can see the fantastic colors of Spotted Lake at any time of the year. Of course, only in the middle of June to September each year, the spotted lake will appear colorful spots due to the evaporation of the water.

/ Holy Lake KLIKUK /

"Klikuk" is the local name for the Spotted Lake, which is not only considered a sacred lake by the locals, but also has been used for generations by the Native Indians of the Okanagan to relieve pain and cure disease with its medicinal water and mud. According to legend, the Indians mentioned the Spotted Lake in a story, and in a battle, the wounded and sick soldiers of the warring tribes used the spotted lake mud and water to cure pain and disease.

The medical benefits of Spot Lake are largely due to the rich mineral content of the lake, and during World War I, the military even hired laborers to filter salt ore from Spot Lake for their own use. But thanks to the lack of mining, we are now lucky enough to see this wonderful landscape.

However, it is not easy to see the spotted lake, first of all, it has been banned by the Aboriginal people, can only be overlooked by the road, and second, it does not always have a spot, the water must be allowed to evaporate in a higher temperature and dry environment, so that the minerals underneath can be exposed to form spots like a color palette.

The previous four times through the spotted lake, see is an ordinary lake, this time did not expect to pass in late October, actually saw its real form, or some small surprise!