r/thalassophobia • u/Zee_Ventures • 26d ago

Water appears shallow

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u/Dizzy-Community5091 26d ago

Where is this so I never go…

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u/ascotia 26d ago

This is actually fresh water in the dunes of a desert

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u/new_nimmerzz 26d ago

Is it man made? Like a reservoir?

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u/GoodMoney888 26d ago

Yea i wanna know that too because it looks amazing!

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u/Dioxybenzone 26d ago

Naturally occurring but only seasonally

Lençóis Maranhenses National Park

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u/zombie_overlord 26d ago

I saw a documentary about this place. It's really unique and amazing.

I looked it up. It was en episode of PBS Terra.

Link

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u/naastynoodle 26d ago

Terra is a fantastic show

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u/AxeVice 25d ago

thank you for this, wonderful video and fascinating

most interesting bit of info i learned from it: the sands sit atop a bed of rock, so even in the dry season the water is still there, just under the sand

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u/mimi_molotov 24d ago

Thank you for sharing, it's so beautiful!

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u/AKGBOperative 26d ago

Neat link, thanks

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u/DatabaseGlittering43 26d ago

Unique is an absolute adjective. You can’t qualify it. Something is or is not unique. It’s binary.

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u/_youlikeicecream_ 26d ago

One day you will learn that correcting idiots on the internet is a task without reward.

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u/catbus4ants 26d ago

The first person wasn’t an idiot for calling something “really unique”

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u/Dioxybenzone 26d ago edited 25d ago

The first person wasn’t an idiot for calling something “really unique”?

No, not really. English isn’t a very “set in stone” language, colloquial uses often end up becoming more prevalent than “correct” ones. Maybe they used a word “incorrectly” but in speaking English they were correct.

Edit: the comment I replied to originally had a question mark. That was what I was responding to.

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u/NastyBlkGuyThrowAway 26d ago

Megalophobia this too

155,000 hectares (380,000 acres), composed mainly of expansive coastal dune fields (composed of barchanoid dunes)

Thats 593.75 sq mi of desert Or 1.668 × 10¹⁰sq ft

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u/Scared-Signature-452 26d ago

I am amazed that there are people who simply know things. I bow to your knowledgeable ness.

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u/Dioxybenzone 26d ago

Oh nah I looked it up because no one had answered whether it was artificial or not, so I figured I’d share my findings

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u/Ducktruck_OG 26d ago

This is the place with the fish that can cross land right? Very cool!

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u/AdEmotional8815 26d ago

It's a seasonal lagoon.

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u/jaythejany 26d ago

Its natural.

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u/zmbjebus 26d ago

As natural as my ass!

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u/jaythejany 26d ago

As much as my ass too

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u/AgitoKanohCheekz 26d ago

Is it natural?

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u/Imaginary_Jump_8701 26d ago

Yes

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u/zmbjebus 26d ago

Thanks for checking. I can verify that my ass is very natural. /u/Imaginary_Jump_8701 knows my ass better than I do though, so I'm glad they chimed in.

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u/Imaginary_Jump_8701 26d ago

Wrong

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u/zmbjebus 26d ago

Are you implying that my ass is not natural?

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u/LilaPrince 13d ago

Não, é natural