'God's bathtub' better than a self-cleaning oven

(Photo by Yannick Trottier)

Assuming that God (being the purest there ever was, is and will be) even needs to bathe – if God were to have a bathtub here on Earth, then Blue Lake could be it.

Thus proclaimed Dr. Cameron Barr from the University of Adelaide in Australia.  He and his team of researchers said that this lake, which is off the coast of Queensland, "is so pure that you can see more than 30 feet below the surface to its bottom."  Barr added:  It's like God's bathtub.  It is beautiful.  It is absolutely beautiful.

This is allegedly the only such lake in Australia. It is thought to be "in the same condition now as it was 7,500 years ago."  The pristine quality of the water is due to the draining of Blue Lake into a nearby swamp.  The lake waters are therefore "replaced by an aquifer every 35 days or so."

Although God may have set up this purification system, it can still be sullied by human intervention.  Eric Pfeiffer of Yahoo! News reports that "something as small as sunscreen samples from tourists could alter the lake's chemistry."

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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/scientists-uncover-remote-lake-untouched-pollution-7-500-190246166.html

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