Spotted Lake: The Most Psychedelic Lake on Earth (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

You're not tripping: the colorful spots found in The Spotted Lake in British Columbia are not the result of psychedelic drugs but mineral deposits found in the lake. The lake contains some of the highest concentrations of magnesium sulfate, calcium and sodium sulphates in the world, along with small amounts of silver and titanium. In the summer, the water evaporates and the minerals crystallize, forming the beautiful patterns on the lake's surface.

The lake was considered a sacred site by the Native Americans who lived in the region and the water was thought to have therapeutic properties. Photo and video of the lake below.

More pictures at bored-bored.com.

Comments

[naturalady]

06:47 PM on 12/15/2009

Wow, this is amazing. Never heard of it before.

[bliznik70000]

01:23 PM on 12/09/2009

Seems like a really interestin­g lake, but seriously - this is the best video that could be found on the subject? Good God, man. I think I must of heard "like" and "probably" about a hundred times! I weep for the future....

[d0br0]

06:16 PM on 12/09/2009

Painful wasn't it? Can you imagine hearing that every day? That body of water is now known as the Spotted Like..

[wewin]

02:46 PM on 12/10/2009

Wow! Send this video to Gitmo!

[doctorwang]

11:25 PM on 12/08/2009

IMO it doesn't compare to the ponds/lake­s of Yellowston­e.....

[Willow207]

10:44 PM on 12/08/2009

Have been to this lake a few years ago.

It is actually a good thing it is located on private property and not open to tourist who may destroy this unique site....

[foolonthehill]

04:12 AM on 12/09/2009

But, if you have been there, you must agree that anyone traveling there based on this hyped descriptio­n and the photo-shop­ped top photo - sorry folks, it ain't that blue at all! - is going to be seriously disappoint­ed. Seriously. The lower photo is the real world, and that's as close as you get - as viewed from the side of a highway. If you want that to be psychedeli­c, bring plenty of drugs.

[Willow207]

12:38 PM on 12/09/2009

What I will say it this is a unique phenomenon and interestin­g. The physical appearance­, from what I have been told by locals, does change periodical­ly.....If you want to demean this site by attacking the film maker you are a sad and foolish person. Have you been there?

[lastep]

10:11 PM on 12/08/2009

illegal drugs.....­...am sure you younger ones commenting know what I mean

[lastep]

10:09 PM on 12/08/2009

the same people in control here are the same ones that introduced drugs into society a long time ago

[Hypomaniac]

10:04 PM on 12/08/2009

Dude's stoned to the Bejesus Belt.

As far as the lake goes, it's not as psychedeli­c as Jellyfish Lake in Micronesia­...

[GeorgeBurnsWasRight]

10:00 PM on 12/08/2009

When I was there a few years ago you couldn't get any closer to the lake because it was on tribal land with a "no trespassin­g" sign.

[lastep]

10:18 PM on 12/08/2009

I grew up on the reservatio­n in Cherokee NC. I am white. There was no racial strife then. Only when we started watching TV. You Know? when I was a kid there? we had 2 stations. there were no problems. Now? cable and satellite is there. I say boycott WalMart. Cable. Satellite. Media.

Go and visit your neighbor.

[Foreground]

06:38 AM on 12/09/2009

You're words have weight, person on the internet.

[socialtalker]

05:12 PM on 12/15/2009

your post belongs in the "natural drugs you may not have heard about" thread. seriously, what are you smoking.

[naturalady]

06:49 PM on 12/15/2009

That sucks if you want to take a closer look, but that wasn't there it would probably be littered with beer bottles and fast food wrappers.

[Tomhere]

09:45 PM on 12/08/2009

Like, if you're going to put a video like this one, like on YouTube. At least write a voice over script and read it , like, you know? Like that way you'll keep people's attention and they won't, like turn it off really fast.
Like I did.

[lastep]

10:20 PM on 12/08/2009

like man I know like I am. I am like. I am sure. You know?

[Statler N Waldorf]

09:05 PM on 12/08/2009

Well, the Mima Mounds are just to the South of BC in Washington State. Those are pretty cool, too. And, they are on publicly-o­wned land, so it he wants to go get a closer look, he's more than welcome too.

[Sing Out and Slap Iron]

08:26 PM on 12/08/2009

I, like, got really honked off, like, all the times, like, that canuck said the word like!

[Statler N Waldorf]

09:06 PM on 12/08/2009

Eh?

[AmandaBC]

09:27 PM on 12/08/2009

I see you're already enjoying our world-reno­wned buds... ;)

[MarsAmbassador]

08:24 PM on 12/08/2009

They had a bunch of photos on here before. Why did they take them down? This video is lame! Bring back the slideshow!

[chonus]

08:04 PM on 12/08/2009

Most psychedeli­c lake on earth? I dunno....c­atchy headline tho.

[mjd773]

07:43 PM on 12/08/2009

Lame video, what was the point? Staring at a long distance shot of a lake? WTF?

[HBHB]

07:39 PM on 12/08/2009

If this guy would've took the time he spent talking to just walk over to the lake he would've gotten a far better picture than the pointless one he took.