斑点胡:一个长“雀斑”的湖
A short ride northwest of the small Canadian town of Osoyoos there is a body of water which e to be known in English as Spotted Lake. It is believed to be the most mineralized2) lake on the with 365 "circles"―one for each day of the year―in a large number of shapes, sizes and depths. It is an extraordinary natural phenomenon.
It is called Kliluk by the Okanagan, one of the native peoples in Canada collectively called the First Nations3).For them, it is a sacred medicine lake and their people have ing to the lake in search of cures for various ailments4) for centuries. There are hundreds of ceremonial cairns5) surrounding the lake, many of which are so old that they have been buried by time.
The Okanagan used the lake as a spa, in effect, soaking away their aches and pains in its healing waters. One story in their oral history has a battle between ing to a halt6) and a truce7) being called so that both sides could tend their wounded in the lake.
As the heat of the summer rises, most of the water in the lake evaporates which leaves behind large mineral deposits8), easily visible with the naked eye
―the spots for which the lake is so famous. They appear different in color because of their various positions. They are mainly made of magnesium sulfate9)―popularly known as Epsom salts10)―which crystallize in the summer. It is said that the lake has the highe
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