A Park That Literally Transforms Into A Lake During Summers
It's a park! It's a lake! Wait, it's... both?
By Sadho Ram — 27 Jun 2014, 05:53 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
Just below Austria's Hoschwab mountains near the town of Tragoess sits Gruner See ("Green Lake" in English). Why should you care, you ask?
Well, you care because it literally changes with the seasons -- and we're not just talking about leaf colors.
During winter, the lake is only three to six feet deep and is surrounded by parkland that is perfect for hiking and exploring.
But come spring, as the temperature rises, the ice and snow from the surrounding mountains begins to melt and trickle down into the basin of land below
By summer (aka NOW), the lake reaches is maximum depth of about 40 feet and the park-turned-lake becomes a hotspot for scuba divers. The lake's green color (hence, its name) comes from the grass and foliage that line the bottom of the basin.
