view of the lake of former open-pit bauxite mine near Otranto - Apulia, Italy - Europe - The digging was filled with natural waters.
The Bauxite Cave of Otranto | ita: Cava di Bauxite di Otranto|, located in the low Salento, is a neglected quarry used between 1940 and 1976. After that, the quarry was totally abandoned, and nature took its own place. The intense emerald colour lake is for sure the peculiarity of this site. It is probably generated by the infiltrations from the aquifers nearby. Into the Bauxite Cave of Otranto| ita: Cava di Bauxite di Otranto|, the characteristic dark red colour of the rocky walls is determined by the minerals contained in the Bauxite rock, which is the main element for aluminium composition.
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Location: Otranto, Puglia region, Italy, Europe
Photo credit: © Lorenza photography / Alamy / Afripics
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