산루이스 포토시에 "La Media Luna"라는 곳을 소개할까 하는데요,
제가 작년 12월에 간 곳입니다.
12월에 갔지만 물 온도는 28도 정도!
물 안이 따뜻하고 밖으로 나오면 추워지는 온도에요.
출발지는 산루이스 포토시 private 비행기 parking lot.
아시는분이 개인 비행기를 가지고 계시는데, 거기서 La Media Luna로 날아가는 행운을 얻게 되었죠.
비행기 파킹장에서 문을 열고는 비행기를 손으로 밀어 일단 밖으로 꺼낸 후 출발했어요. ㅎㅎ
처음엔 온통 밭이며 사막만 보이네요!
그러기를 한 20여분, 반달호수 근처에 도착합니다~~
도착해서 비행기를 파킹시키고 다시 밴으로 10여분간을 달려 (호수 근처로 들어가는 길은 먼지가 많이 났어요) La media luna에 왔어요.
물이 너무 파랗죠?? 그냥 정말 새파아~란색!!
사진 찍느라 정신이 없었네요.
(몇개는 화질이 떨어지는 제 폰으로 찍은 사진... 나머지는 디카.)
그럼 가까이에서 본 호수 물은?? 아주 깨끗하고 이쁘더군요...
조그맣고 까만 물고기들이 많아서 신경이 쓰였지만...
그리고 발 닿는 곳 하나 없이 깊은(!) 곳이라 물론 수영을 할 수 있더라도 여유로이 다니기엔 튜브나 구명조끼를 렌트하는걸 강추 합니다.
수영하다 지치면 잡고 쉴수 있는 밧줄 같은것도 있긴 했어요.
그리고 반달호수에 대한 상세한 설명은 제가 잘 몰라서 아래 링크에서 추출한 것입니다.
도움이 되시길 바라며!
La Media Luna (the Half Moon Lake) is a thriving wetland of considerable ecological diversity. The lake's warm water (constant temperature of 28 - 32 degrees C) and visibility of 20 - 30 meters 365 days a year make it an ideal site for scuba diving, especially dive training.
La Media Luna is located at the far western edge of what is known as the Huasteca Region, a region generally known for outstanding rafting, rock climbing, kayaking, and exploring sites off the beaten path to ancient ruins. La Media Luna is nestled in the high semi-arid plateau of the Sierra Madre Oriental Mountains in the State of San Luis Potosi (SLP). The entire basin is often referred to as the Rio Verde Valley (Green River Valley).
A dive shop in a high plateau isn't always an easy find. But, at La Media Luna, there is a well equipped PADI dive shop only six miles from the lake. It's located along the southeast corner of Federal 70 and the road that leads to the lake.
The lake's water is extraordinarily clear. The mineral content is a little higher than most freshwater and this contributes to a slight increase of positive buoyancy for divers. The lake is fed by six ancient thermal karst springs at depths of 10 to 38 meters with a flow rate of 4.35m3/sec. There are at least ten species of fish, most are native and several are endemic to the area.
Most interesting is Cichlasoma bartoni, a cichlid, called the "skunk fish" by locals because during it's mating season it becomes a black fish with a white stripe along its dorsal area. The bottom of the lake is covered by a thick layer of detritus with several small patches of sand. The detritus requires divers to dive with care, trying not to disturb the bottom. If it is disturbed, the visibility in and around that spring will become cloudy and will require 20 - 30 minutes to clear up. If one spring does become disturbed the visibility of areas around the other five springs remains clear.
From the parking lot, there is a well maintained boardwalk that leads to the lake. At the end of the boardwalk is a large dock that is used by divers as a starting point. One giant stride and your in the warm water with about 10 meters of water below you. As one dives along the west side of the lake at about 10 - 15 meters an ancient petrified underwater forest is exposed.
Huge trees, perhaps cypress, fell into the lake long before man arrived and became petrified in the mineralized water. If a diver wants to do some deep diving, the deepest spring is 38 meters (about 118 feet) down and is located about 50 meters from the dock (lamp required). The water rushes out of the spring at around 33 degrees C or warmer (that's somewhere in the area of 92 degrees F).
Another exciting and unique dive experience is a small cave-like opening along the southwest banks of the lake. It's not really a cave as we usually think of caves. The ceiling is made up of surface plant roots. Openings through the ceiling allow light to enter so you are never in the dark. The diver is only 3 to 5 meters deep while traveling through the cave-like tunnel. At approximately 50 to 70 meters there is a huge cavern which is usually attended by turtles.
(정보 출처: http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/mexico/slp/medialunadiving.html )
p.s. 올리고 보니 사진이 올린 순서의 반대로 진열이 되는군요! 다음엔 이걸 염두에 두고 반대로 올려야겠어요....
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