Chinese tourist witnesses

Chinese tourist witnesses "mystery dark circle" in Lake Baikal

(People's Daily Online)

07:51, July 03, 2012

A Chinese tourist witnesses the "mystery dark circle" in Lake Baikal in Russia on June 20. The "mystery dark circle" appeared for around 10 minutes. (CNS/Jia Guorong)

Edited and translated by Xue Meng, People's Daily Online

On June 20, a Chinese tourist witnessed the "mystery dark circle" in Lake Baikal in Russia. According to a report on an US website on June 2, 2009, the "mystery dark circle" in Lake Baikal was firstly spotted and shot by astronauts from the International Space Station on April 2009. Experts presumed that this phenomenon could be connected with emissions of natural gas from Baikal's sedimentary strata. 

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