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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Jan 25, 2010
Description:
It may not be immediately clear why Mud Lake could have a natural allure for a SeaRey pilot. One could easily be put off by its name. It is, however, of interest to some geologists and those of us using petroleum products.
The lake is in the Ocala National Forest and remote from human activity. It has acquired some notoriety among the scientifically afflicted because of its muck. The lake bottom has been identified as an “energy sink.”
The lake is an old sinkhole whose bottom has been gradually subsiding over the last 10,000 years. Topography of the lake bottom is almost flat level. During dry season (winter) the water depth is less than 1.5’ (if it’s really dry, 0.6’). During wet season it may get to be 3’ deep.
It is the lake sediment that is interesting. It is a gelatinous mass of microbial poop, or algal ooze, or, if you prefer, minute fecal pellets of chironomid larvae (Chironomus is a non-biting midge, sometimes called a “blind mosquito” or, inexplicably, “muffleheads” or “muckleheads” if you live in Wisconsin or Michigan). The ooze consists solely of highly energetic blue-green algae remains the blind mosquito larvae ate and pooped.
Weird, eh? Certainly weird enough to attract investigation by SeaRey.
Date Taken:
Jan 25, 2010
Place Taken:
Near Cedar Creek, FL
Owner:
Dan Nickens
File Name:
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Category:
401, Florida Winter Flying
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